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Spaced out in 3D
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CONTENTS
mTHIS ISSUE
AMieA SHOPPER JANUARY 1995 No 45
FEATURES REGULARS
And so this is... no, I can't
bring myself to say It. Anyway,
Seasons Greetings and all that to
everyone. This month we have
the usual stonklng selection of
wonderful reviews, amazing articles
and titanic tutorials.
We have managed to secure the
services of Ron Thornton, the
Emmy award-winning 3D artist for a
new tutorial this month. Starting on
page 28, he wilt be showing you how
to create stunning 3D Images with
programs like Lightwave and
Ima0ne. Keep this frequency clear...
Richard Baguley - Editor
The
music of
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If music be the food of love,
which cookery book should you
use? Maff Evans reviews and
rates Amiga music programs.
MUSIC SOFTWARE 12
Which sequencer could be your new
creative partner? Maff Evans (Reviews
Editor of Future Music) locks at ali the
alternatives fcr nnaking star-studded music
with your Amiga.
THE THREE DS OF 3D 29
Ron Thornton and Mojo Seffa of Foundation
Imaging let yoj in on the secrets of creating
professional 3D irnages.
PUBLIC DOMAIN 91
Graeme Sandiford checks out the iatest
low-cost and no-cost serious software.
REVIEV/S
TOUCH SCREEN 1 8
Gai7 Whiteley looks at a whoie new way of
letting your Amiga know you care.
CD1200 22
Graeme Sandiford iooks at a new CD add-
on for the A1200 from Gasteiner,
CD-ROMS 25
Graeme SandifonJ looks at two new CD-
ROMs, including the sequel to the Syndesis
3D CD-ROM.
MOMIGA AND
BERNOULLI 34
Could one of these removabie drives spoil
an end to the "Disk Fuil" nightmare?
Richard B^uiey investigates.
WINDOW SHOPPER 34
Graeme Sandiford and friends iooks at ail
the things we had no space to review
eisewhere.
TUTORIALS
COMMS 58
Wavey Davey Winder looks at the people
campaigning to keep comms free. Should
you fight for your ri^t to E-Mail?
CHESS 62
The computer finaliy makes its move in our
on-going chess tutorial. Don't forget the
source code on the subscribers' diski
AMOS 86
Simon Green looks at how to make money
from your programming efforts, pi us a
complete "Asteroids" style game.
ASSEMBLER 96
Get the most out of your coverdlsk vwth our
ongoing Assembler tutorials.
NEWS 4
Have C El bought out Commodore? What wili
this mean for the Amiga?
COVERDISK 8
Rnd out how to use your Devpac and Day to
Day cove rdi ski
NEXT MONTH
Get ready for what's coming up next month!
You won't beiieve your eyes!.
INDUSTRY COMMENT 35
Industry figures speak about the Internet
and PCs.
AMIGA SHOPPER
AWARDS 36
Your chance to vote for the great and the
good and win a £400 spending spreel
READER INTERVIEW 40
Why did Bath University Student TV choose
the Amiga? Rnd out in our interview.
MARKETPLACE 42
Amiga Shopper's own classified section.
Check out the bargains!
AMIGA ANSVtrERS 44
Our expert panel provides solutions to more
of your real-life Amiga problems.
SPECIAL VOUCHERS 50
Save £25 off Emplant, £10 off Workbench
3.1 and loads more offers!
SUBSCRIPTIONS 68
Don't miss your monthly dose of Amiga
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MAIL ORDER 70
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for you.
READER ADS 73
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USER GROUPS 88
Get in touch with Amiga users in your area
and around the globe.
BACK ISSUES 64
Catch up on all those exciting articles you
missed before,
BUYING ADVICE 96
You'd be mad to make an Amiga purchase
before reading this vital advice.
UTTERS 85
What do you think about the future of the
Amiga? Express yourself and win £251
Foundation Imaging (the people behind the
graphics for the TV program Babylon 5)
shows you how to create 3D images like this.
Your chance to vote on the
best Amiga products! Plus,
you could win a spending
spree! See page 36.
immnEnun.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 •JANUARY 1995
NEWS
Commodore
sold to CEI?
Is the end finally in sight for the Commodore
saga? Could American company CEI have
made the concluding bid?
The ongoing saga of the
Commodore Itquldatlon and
sale appears to be nearly at an
end. The remains of Commodore
International (which went tnto
voluntary liqjidation in April) are
currently being sold by the
liquidators, who are confident
of finalising the deal within
the next few weeks. At the
Future Entertainment Show
In late October, David
Pleasance said that he was
confident of completing the
deal by the end of November,
although there was no sign
of a deal being completed as
we went to press.
The deal was supposed to be
completed in early November, but
there were a few extra problems
which caused the delay 'We have
had some delay, and what we
hoped to happen today is not
likely to happen, "said Franklin
Wilson, the Chief Liquidator of
Commodore in early November.
These problems appear to have
been based around the incredibly
complex corporate structure of
Commodore International and its
subsidiaries.
This has made the process
of working out exactly what can
be sold from Commodore
International extremely difficult.
The creditors (companies who
were owed money by Commodore
International) have also placed a
number of obstacles in the way,
as many of
them: were
concerned that the deals being
negotiated by the liquidator would
not get them the highest
possible price.
What will now happen is that
one bidder (probably CEI) will
submit a written bid and pay a
non-refundable deposit on this
bid. The Bahamian supreme
court will then have to approve
this deal, and details of this bid
will be supplied to the ottier
bidders. A process similar to an
auction will take place, with all
the involved parties attempting to
outbid the others.
All of the companies who
have been involved in the bidding
will be invited to participate in
this process, including
companies such as Samsung,
Philips and Escom who may have
dropped out earlier. This rather
unusual process has been
settled on at the insistence of
the US creditors of
Commodore International,
who are concerned that
they may not get the
maximum possible price if
the bidding is not directly
competitive.
These complications now
means that there is absolutely
no chance of any new Amigas
arriving on the scene for
Christmas, and it would
probably be at least February
before any new stock would
arrive at the dealers.
CEI boss Alex Amor has
claimed that he is already
starting the process of setting up
new production lines for Amigas,
which he claims would cut 30 to
40 days off the time it takes to
get new stocks out of the
manufacturing plant.
Whether he will actually be
able to use these new production
lines to start building Amigas
remains to be seen.
Chelsea Jtowind up Cemmedore?
Chelsea Football club Is taiting legal action against Commodore
UK to get hold of a sum of money It is owed as part of a
sponsorship deal. Commodore UK signed a five year sponsorship
deal with Chols«a FC in 1987, which lead to the Amiga logo being
emblazoned on all of the shirts of Chelsea players.
Chelsea FC now claim that Commodore UK have failed
to pay a sum which was due as part of this deal. They are
currently planning on taking legal advice to recover this money.
Commodore UK do not seem overly worried by this possibility. "If
Chelsea had been able to wind us up, it would have been done
by now. However, they must prove that there is a genuine dispute
and there is an argument as to whether there is a valid
complaint," said a Commodore spokesman to CRN, a computer
trade newspaper.
Commodore sponsored Chelsea FC over a period of three years,
with the Amiga logo appearing on every Chelsea player's shirt.
WORLDIATIDE
AMIGA SHOVir.
If you want to And out the latest news on the
Commodore sale, don't forget the World of
Commodore Show which will be running In the
Wembley Exhibition Centre from the 9th to the
nth of December. This show is being organised
by Commodore UK, and most of the Commodore
management will be present at the show, so you
should be able to find out what's really going on.
There will also be a large number of stalls,
including one where you can meet the people who
produce both this magazine and the other Amiga
magazines published by Future Publishing.
Various Amiga celebrities will also be appearing
at the show, including Jim Drew, the designer of
the Emplant emulation system, who will be
appearing on the Blittersoft stand. He is promising
a first showing of the long awaited(!) PC emulation
module, although it is not clear if this product will
be on sale at the show. Tickets for the World of
Amiga Show cost £6 for Adults and £4 for children.
The ticket hotline is on f 01369 7711
Info-Nexus Is a new file and data manager.
INTO THE NEXUS
Optonica have announced two new products:
Info-Nexus and Data-Nexus. These are the
first two in a new range of cheap productivity
tools for the Amiga which Optonica will be
coming out with over the next few months.
Info-Nexus is a file and data manager which
works In a broadly similar way to program such as
SID or Directory Opus. It can be used to move
files, play animations, sounds or CDXL files,
Optonica are on 01455 558282.
NEVtf ROLL OF
Fourth Level Developments (the distributors of
the MoMiga system reviewed in this issue)
have t)een appointed as the UK distributor for
Matt Dillon's acclaimed DICE C compiler system.
This system (a version of which was Included
with Cliff Ramshaw's "Complete Amiga C" book) is
widely regarded as one of the best C compilers
available for the Amiga,
Matt has recently finished version 3, which will
only Oe available as a commercial product. If you
order the program before the 31st of December, it
will only cost you £99.88. After this date, the price
will rise to £129.25. Various upgrades from previous
versions of DICE are also available. Fourth Level will
be offering technical support by E-mail, fax or
phone. Fourth Level can be contacted atr dicesales
@Flevei. demon. co.uk or on ■»■ 0117 955 9157.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
NEWS
ELSPA STRIKES AT CAR BOOT PIRATES
2 L5PA ( the European Leisure Software Publishers
Association) has carried out a major raid on 14
stalis at a car boot sale in Killlngbeclt, Leeds. Over
7,000 disks were seized, with an estimated "street
vaiue" of over £100,000.
"ELSPA was behind a simiiar raid in Killingback almost
eighteen months ago. we recently received a tip-off that
the situation there now was perhaps worse than before
that raid, and as a consequence we set about
investigating trading activities there", said ELSPA's chief
investigator John Loader.
The raid took place in early October. It's not ciear at
the moment how this has affected the piracy scene, but
ELSPA hopes that if a sufficiently stiff sentence is
delivered against the people caught in this raid, it may
deter others .
"In general, we've found that it's not simply a few
individuals trading in illegal computer software, "said John
Loader," the activity is widespread and can be very
organised... Some of the disks we have received in the
past have. even contained iiiegal pornographic images."
Vlfizard Modems
If you fancy getting hoid of a
modem which differs from
the norm, you shouid check out
these new X-Link modems from
Wizard developments. Two models
are available: the X-Unk 14.4K
gives a V32bis connection and
cosis £139.99.
A V-Fast model is also avaiiabie
for £249.99. Both models can also
be used to send and receive faxes,
and Wizard will be more than happy
to sell you a copy of the excellent
Amiga Fax program GP Fax for an
extra £35. Both models are BABT approved. We'li be reviewing both in a future issue.
Spookily enough, U.S. Robotics have also Just launched a new model in their
extremeiy successful Sportster range. The snappily named Sportster 28,800 uses the
new V.34 protocol to send data at a whopping 28,800 bits per second, twice as fast as
a V.32bis modem. This modem is priced at £299, although the street price is likely to
be around £250.
DIRECTORY ORUS 5
In an unrelated move, Wizard Developments will also be handling Directory Opus 5,
which will hopefully be released in December. The auttior of Directory Opus (Jonathan
Potter) has split from Inovatronics and is working with Greg Perry, the author of GP Fax.
Directory Opus 5 will cost £59.95, with an upgrade offer of £24.99 from previous
versions. Wizard developments are on » 01322 272908 and U.S.
Robotics are on = 0753 811180.
Stereo
CADs
If the Amos Action column
in issue 43 sparked off
your curiosity for those
weffd 3D stereogram
things, you may be
interested to know that
JCA Europe have just
launched "Stereo CAD", an
object-orientated
' Stereogram creator.
This program (which
1 costs £29.95} will import
( any IFF file and convert it
! to a stereogram, or you can
create your own "30"
scene within the program.
JCA Europe are on:
n 01734 452416,
Fax: 01732 451239
FORtlfAT
MORTA
^ Excl
Steve Jarrat, Editor of Amiga Format -
"AFfi? can be summed up In three
words: Mortal Kombat two. It's on
the cover, on the back page, in the
contents and, nestilrtg l»etween
pages 45 and 49, we have the
world's first full review of the Amiga
version. But to find out if it's any
good, you'll have to buy Amiga
Format. (You could buy Amiga Power
Meet our sisters
but, oh so sadly, they failed to secure
the exclusive review of this year's
biggest game - like what we did.)
Understandably, you might not be
into beat-em-ups, so for the more
serious Amiga users AF takes a
close look at RISC processing,
reviews the latest CD hard and
software, examines a trio of 3D
effects packages and pits Wordworth
3.1 against Final Writer 3."
Jonathan Davies, Editor of Amiga
Power - "The sieek, black December
issue of Amiga Power is ideally
suited to Amiga owners with an
interest in playing games, it opens
to reveal a six-page feature on
■Mortal Kombat 2, followed by the
exclusive revelation of an Amiga
version of Super Street Rghter 2.
Further page-turning wilt uncover a
huge feature on why helicopter
games are so good, reviews of
Zeewotf, Cannon Fodder 2 and -
exclusively - Sensible World of
Soccer. And as you reach the end,
and And yourself back at the cover,
you'll spot two disks packed with
demos of Aladdin, Zeewolf and
Sensible Golf."
Tine price of the CD32/CDTV
authoring system Interplay has
been reduced. It'll now cost you
£750 (but that does include a
royalty-free stand alone player).
Optonica are also now working
on Interplay II, which will have
support for AGA screenmodes, as
well as the ability to create iSO-
9660' images which can then be
used to cut CD-ROMs.
Due to a production error, the
credit for the Interplay software
was missed off the second edition
of Amiga CD32 magazine, which
was recently released.
Apologies to Optonica for not
crediting the part that Interplay
took in creating this product,
Optonica are on ^ 01455
55S2S2,
scripts
made slmpm
Bruce Smith books have launched
the latest in their IVlastering
AmigaDOS series. Mark Smiddy
has written "Mastering AmigaDOS
- Scripts Programming", a 320
page book which covers the
incredibly powerful scripting power
of AmigaDos.
The price of the book is
£19.95. Bruce Smith Books are
on IT 01923 894355
Autoboot g^ts
'^^:"^-^ted dov/n
Following our review in issue 44,
the author of the program
"Autoboot" (Colin Yarnell) has
decided to drop the price to £4
(Including p&p),
Colin can be contacted at: 93
Manchester Road, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 2JQ.
lUi^'Si ^Gutces
Chroma have launched the first in
a series of disks aimed at the
Desktop Video user.
The DTV Toolkit Volume 1:
Core F/X contains a variety of
useful files for the videographer,
including lo-res and interlaced
wipe animations, plus Animfonts,
text brushes and a selection of
backgrounds.
The collection is priced at
£29.95, with an illustrated user
uide. Other titles in this series
are due to appear shortly.
Chroma are on is- 01328
862693.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
NEWS
COMPUTER ^^94 ^ SHOlAf REPORT
From November 4th to 6th the Cologne Messe
(Germany) was the venue for the Computer '94
show. Filing two whole floors of this massive
complex, the show attracted over 25,000 visitors on the
Saturday morning alone - ail eager to get their mitts on
the latest computer hardware and software.
Like most computer shows. Computer '94 caters for a
number of popular computer formats. However, about 40%
of the stands were for Amiga products, 50% for PCs and
the remainder for other machines. The best thing
about the show, compared with other
European events was the ratio of
serious Amiga softvi/are compared
with games - about 7:1.
Indeed, the show proved
to be a veritable
treasure trove of, as
yet, undiscovered
software.
Before I go on to
reiate how I was
overwhelmed by the sheer
volume of products let me make an observation of
something that was present at the show, although a little
less tangible. What am I talking about? The atmosphere of
the show - it was fantastic. It seemed that everyone was
having fun. Although, I am not entirely sure what the exact
cause was, it may have been the fact stalls were throwing
free products into the crowd willy-nilly. Or perhaps that you
couldn't go anywhere without having promotional goodies
strung around your neck or that every activity was free. I
Maxon Cinema 4Dls a brand new ray-tracer from
Germany, Hflfth an Incredibly configurable Interface.
asked Horst Brundl, Editor in chief of Amiga Plus and one
of the show's organisers, why there was so many free
activities as you expect to pay for them at an English
show. He simply said, 'because people enjoy it'.
MOVE OVER IIGHTWAVE?
Anyway back to a more materialistic point of view. While
copies of Lightwave have been selling like proverbial hot-
cakes in the UK, at the show I didn't see one person with
a copy. Instead, one or two copies of Lightwave were
sitting untouched on shelves. This was not because the
German Amiga-users had no interest in 3D graphics, rather
they were buying another product by the bucket load -
Maxon Cinema 4D pro 2.0.
I tracked down the Maxon stall to find out why every
was buying this package. I met up with the programmer of
the package, Philip Losch, and one of the Beta-testers.
They kindly took me through features of this incredible
package. The most readily apparent feature of Cinema 4D
is it's interface. It seems to be a combination of some of
the best features of most 3D packages, which only costs
448 DM (about £200). you are given a choice of several
views, ranging from a traditional quad-view right through to
a real-time perspective. Pretty much all of the programs
features are available from the two button banks on the
screen.
The quickest way of describing the program is a
package with most of the features of Imagine with the
ease of use of Lightwave. It's not that the program
possesses any revolutionary
features, it has the usual
features with a greater
degree of control and
numerous smaller
features.
You can apply
bump, transparency and
luminance maps.
However, you can control
the amount of effect a bump
has by adjusting a slider so the
effect can subtle or extreme.
In the modelling department, the program
can load a variety of formats such as Imagine, Sculpt
and DXF. it has extensive modelling tools including
splines, morphing, Boolean operators and even a fractal
landscape generator. It also has a large number of
primitives, which you can add to by using it's object library.
The program's animation Editor is also impressive, like
Lightwave it can be used as a key-frame system. However,
one of its best features is that you can assign the motions
of one object ,or group of objects, to another. The program
is actually supplied with a mannequin-like object that can
be used to animate your own humanoid models.
There are loads more features - more than there is
room to cover here. However, despite being such a
powerful and easy to use package, we may never see a
copy over here. The reason is that Maxon are reluctant to
commit iarge sums of money in order to translate the
manuals unless there is sufficient demand. So if you
would like to get hold of a 3D animation package that
combines the best of Imagine and Lightwave call Maxon 's
UK distributors, HiSoft on n 0525 718181.
Here's an example of Cttwma 4D 2.0's fractal landscape
generator - the water Is a bumpmapped plane.
BUYING FrB^[bROAD
CD Boom
One the areas of computing which
had plenty of support at the show
was CD-ROMs. There are loads of
fantastic CD-ROMs coming out of
mention one or two tfiem.
The first I noticed was the
Imagine Enhancer CD, this has
loads of objects, fonts, textures,
bump maps and backdrops. Amiga
Raytracing 1 and 2 (£19,99 each)
are two volumes that provide
similar files, but for other
programs as well as Imagine, such
as Lightwave, Sculpt, Caligari.
Real 3D 2,0 and Maxon Cinema
Other disks at the show
collections, image CDs, and
animation collections. Although
not from Germany, there were also
several other irnteresting CD's on
show there was a Light Wave disc
(£39.99) and a couple of
photographic collections. We will
be reviewing some of these CD-
ROMs next Issue, if you just can't
v/alt to get hold of one the CDs
mentioned call PD Soft on « 0702
466933.
Cybersform
Phase 5 had their new CyberStorm
060 accelerator fro the A4000 on
Show and what an impressive
piece of kit it proved to he.
Although not in full production at
the moment, due to difficulties in
getting hold of 060 chips, a pre-
production model was being put
through its paces
The board was apparently
running at 82,190 mips compared
with the standard A4000 040's
15,447. In more practical tests
the board produce some incredible
results. The texture examples
scene supplied with Lightwave
took 54 seconds compared with
the A4000 040's 3 mins 42
seconds. An Imagine 2 animation
which took a A4000 lOmins
34secs only took 2mins 45secs,
UK pnces and distributors
have not been announced yet. but
if you want to find out more call
Phase 5 on IT 01049 69
5481844.
If you are planning to buy any overseas
products, please consult the buying advice
section on page 97.
Buying programs or equipment from
abroad is easy, but there are a few simple
guidelines you should follow. The best way to
pay is by credit card, as any currency
exchange will be handled by the credit card
company.
Alternatively, you can have money
transferred directly from your account to the
companies, although some banks will charge
for this service.
If you are buying from a European
country, most banks will be able to supply
you with a Eurocheque, which can be paid
into any European bank.
You should also make sure that you
check that delivery charges are included in
the price.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
us NEWS
News
Stateside Snippets
Find out whaf^ going on across the
pond, R Shamms Mortier reports on
the latest Amiga news from the US,
TEXTURE MAPPING OBSESSION
If you are an obsessive texture mapper and have a CD-ROM,
don't miss getting the "moving textures" CD from Precision
Computer Grapliics. I alisolutely love iti On board are actual
stop motion animation frames of clouds, water, flames and more
as weil as a coiiectlon of awesome effects maps.
I used these beauties in both Aladciin-4D and Lightwave
animations, and the results were startling. In one Aladdin
animation, I wrapped animated clouds on a sphere, and then had
the camera fly into it to observe other 3D objects in motion. From
the outside, the sphere became a pianet with clouds whipping
around it like a mega storm, while from the inside I had a moving
cioud backdrop for the action. Don't miss getting this one! MSLP
$249.00. Precision Computer Graphics ^ 0101 (818) 842-6542.
<jv r«*«* L»Tiitfc
One Stop Music
I own a great MiDi music program caiied "Sequei" from
Diemer Deveiopment. The software does everything but
cook breakfast, but one tiling it didn't do was to address
the One-Stop-Music-Shop card from Blue Ribbon Sound works.
The One-Stop is literally a music synth on a card, so
addressing it internaiiy from various MiDI packages is almost a
must for me. Blue Ribbon provides a separate program called
"Loop Back" that usuaiiy does the trick, but Loop Back just hung
Sequel up, requiring a reboot.
I called Rich Diemer of Diemer Development and told him of
the problem, and he had a back-and-forth with the techie at Blue
Ribbon. The result? Well, all of you Sequel /One-Stop users
should see a revision of Sequel coming out later this year that
fixes the problem. It
seems the problem was
the priority settings of
Sequel compared to
those required by the
One Stop. Blue Rlbtxin
Sound Works = 0101
(404) 31&0212.
Diemer Deveiopment «
0101 (818) 7624)804.
The OrteStop-Music-
Shop from Blue Ribbon
Soundworks.
^i*f m'u- B By"ti r ww ■ iwj m ti M ■
NEW LANDSCAPES
Panorama 4.0, a great landscape generator for the
Amiga, is shipping.
It offers a host of new features including AG A
support, new dithering routines that add realistic
detail, super close zooming, extensive frame buffer
support, forest/trees, ARexx, and a great new DEM
Converter program that allows you to get DEMs
(Digital Elevation Models) directly from the nets for
Panorama manipulation and rendering.
New program price is $99.95, but registered
owners of previous versions may upgrade for only
$25.00 (plus $4.00 shipping).
MAC TRUTH
I have an EMPLANT MAC emulator from Utilities
Unlimited, i purchased it mainly so I could run
Elastic Reality, the best morphing software
available (from the former Amiga software
company ASDG... which is newly named Elastic
Reality). There is some nice MAC software in
addition to this package, but you know what...
most Amiga videographic and 3D animation
software is a thousand times better, more
intuitive, and far less expensive. This is a cold
hard fact that will become more apparent as the
Amiga comes back on line.
A DIFFERENT V^ARP
At Vtte time of writing, I am
BETA testing the fabled
Warp System boards from
U.S. Cybernetlca. They are no fable.
Aladdln-4D has been rewritten to
address them from the ground up,
and Aladdln-4D.Warp runs at about
twice the speed with each module.
I am testing out two modules in
parallel which means Aladdin is
rendering at 300% of Its normal
Amiga 4000 speed.
Soon, I'll have a later issue of
the boards with more modules. When
I feel that I am satisfied that
marketing is immanent, 1 will write an
exhaustive piece on these new
parallel processors that look to
give the NewTek Raptor some
competition.
Right now, the system is INMOS
Chip based, but the future will see
another Warp configuration that will
blow your socks off (guaranteed!).
By the way, don't confuse the
"Warp System" from U.S. Cybernetics
with the "Warp" boards from
MacroSystems - they're two different
animals. U.S. Cybernetics ^ 0101
(800) 292-5001.
D'ROM News
Looking for more Amiga CD-ROMs
to add to your collection? Here
are some possibilities. Legendary
Technologies has one called
"Sound Ideas" that has 300
soundfiles (in both stereo and
mono modes).
Complete descriptions are
included, as are Windows
versions. Standard CD modes
allow you to hear the soundfiles
on normal CD playback. Price is
$39.95. The same company puts
out a four volume set of CD-ROM
graphics for texture mapping and
backgrounds at $39.95 per
volume or $129.95 for the set.
Legendary Technologies ir 0101
(519) 753-G120
Strange Letter^
considering,,.
The Service Management Group
(SMG) was supposed to take over
Commodore's service program
When Big C went under, my phone
call to SMG for support gathered
no help - in fact they were quite
rude. It was surprising, then, that
I received a letter from them
some weeks later telling me about
their wonderful services.
Does the left hand know what
the right one is doing?
Soft Clips
Two companies that have the
word "Soft" in their names have
some clipart you might really
enjoy. The first is Soft-Logik. the
developers of PageStream. They
have two disk collections that will
sell for $30.00 each.
One is a compendium of
Amiga computers and peripherals
in beautiful gray scale, and the
other is ""Flags of the Wortd", The
other volume is from SoftWood
(developers of Final Writer). They
have a 3-disk set of 75 full colour
images for the holidays. The
whole set is priced at only
$25.00. Soft-Logik Publishing
Corp. -a 0101 (800) 829-8608.
Softwood, Inc. ^ (800) 247-
8330.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
8 COVERDISK
On this month^s coverdisk: Hisoft's
DevPac Lite Assembler and the full
Kickstart 2.04 Include files.
Use Your
Coverdisk
On this month's coverdisk we have a
special treat, courtesy of HiSoft and
Commodore, especiaily tar those of
you who are following our Assembler course, or
are interested in learning how to program your
Amiga In Assembly Language. DevPac Lite is a
fully working Assembler for the Amiga, complete
with Debugger.
If you're Interested in buying the full product,
then contact HiSoft on » 01525 718181. DevPac
3 currently retails for £69.95 and comes complete
with the all important Include files {see below),
and does not have any of the restrictions of
DevPac Lite. That's not to say that we have
missed out on these Include files ourselves -
Commodore have allowed us to distribute the older
2.04 Includes with this coverdisk tool
The 2.04 Includes work with ail Kjckstarts
available currently, from 1.2 upwards. They include
information for ROMs up to 2.04, so you can't use
any 3.0 new features without buying the latest 3.1
Includes from Commodore, but you will be able to
follow the Assembly Language course.
To mal<e it really easy to install, we've knocked
up a small Installer script which uses Commodore's
excellent installer program. Users without a hard
drive don't miss out, DevPac lite can also be
installed to a floppy disk. To do this you'll need a
blank formatted disk at the ready (call it something
sensible like "DevPac Lite") - and when the
installation program asks you where you wish to
install DevPac Lite to, simply put in your blank disk
and chose it as the drive to install it to.
I will just say, though that if you are serious
about using your Amiga for programming, you really
ought to consider a hard drive, they are quite
cheap now for all of the Amiga range.
Using the installer is a breeze. Put the cover
disk into dfO;, double click on the drive icon, and
then double click on the Install DevPac Lite icon.
Then follow on-screen instructions. Don't be
alarmed that the Novice user gadget on the
Installer is ghosted out. This is to prevent Installer
from making some important decisions for you,
which you should make yourself, such as where
the Includes are to go, for example.
The Installation process creates a drawer
called "DevPac Lite". Inside this drawer is the
DevPac program itself, which can be started by
double clicking on it. You are then ready to type in
your first Assembly Language prograrn and get it
working! Alternatively, you can cheat just to check
it all works, and use one of ours.
As part of the Installation, a drawer called
"Examples" is created. This contains the file,
"hello.asm". This is the program we'll write in this
months Assembly Language Tutorial, The program
simply shows "Hello viforld!" on the screen. Also in
the Examples drawer is a pre-assembled version of
the program ready to run from a CLI or Shell
window. It is called "hello.x". "itou can't create disk-
based executables with DevPac Lite, you'll have to
buy the full version for »iat (see above).
NOTES ON INSTALLATION
FOR KICKSTART 2.04
USERS AND ABOVE
DevPac Lite works on Amigas with 2,04 and
above. When you start the Installation process you
will be asked which version of the program you
would like to install, choose the '2.04 +" option.
This works with all OSs above 2.04, right up to
and including Kickstart and Workbench 3.1,
Don't Install the 1.3 version, as it is not as
powerful for you.
NOTES ON INSTALLATION
FOR KICKSTART 1 .2 USERS
AND ABOVE
The first suggestion I would give is to upgrade to
2.04 (at leasti) and then look at the notes for
Kickstart 2.04 users Instead! Seriously, 2.04 is
dramatically better than 1.2 or 1.3, and it Is worth
the upgrade if you use your Amiga for anything
other than games at all.
Some major applications require at least 2.04
now, so you are missing out. Upgrading to 2.04
should be quite cheap now, but It's worth
stretching to 3.1 which costs around £80
currently. 3.1 will work In all Amigas including the
A500 (and Indeed the AlOOO if you have a
Kickstart ROM board of some sort) and gives you
a whole host of new stuff to play with, and it's a
bunch more reliable than 1.3 also.
So, upgrade! Please!
However, should you not wish to move your
Amiga kicking and screaming into Uie 90s then
you can still use DevPac Lite. When you start the
Installation process, you will be asked which
version of the program you would like to Install.
Choose the "1.2/1.3" option.
Do not choose the "2.04+" option which
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AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1 995
COVERDISK
THE LIMITATIONS OF
DEVPAC LITE
J Programs are limited to around
2000 lines of code
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memory. Stand alon^
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squeeze tHe complete
Commodore Includes (version
2.04) on to this month's
coverdisk. The Includes are
short bits of code which tell
your program how to access
varioius parts of the machine.
For instance, if you wanted
to carry out an operation on
the parallel port, you would
have to bring the device
include "paralleLi" into your
program. For more details on
how to use these, see Toby
Simpson's Assembler tutorial,
which begins on page 96 for
more details.
Due to space restrictions,
we have had to archive aiem,
so they won't be installed by
the DevPac lite installation
procedure.
To get at the Includes,
simply double click on the
"EJ(tract_includes" icon and
they will be decompressed to
your RAM disk. You can then
drag the drawer containing the
include files whever you want.
In order to use the
Includes, you will also need to
carry out one further step;
setting up an assign to the
right directory.
So, if you have put the
Includes on to a disk called
"Stuff, add thfe following line
to your user-startup or startup-
sequence;
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will not work on your Amiga.
FIRING IT UP AND
CHECKING IT OUT
Once you have installed DevPac Lite, you should
be ready to fire it up and give it a spin. Double
click on the "DevPac" icon. When DevPac Lite has
loaded, select "Open.." from the "Project" menu.
Choose the "he No. asm' program from the
Examples drawer.
When the program has loaded, select
"Assemble' from the "Program" menu. Assuming
all goes well, DevPac will perform its magic and
turn the Assembly Language In the Machine Code
which the 68000 processor inside your Amiga can
run. Now select "Run" from the "Program' menu,
and all being well you should get the results
shown in Picture 3. Now you're ready to rock and
roll, so turn to this month's Assembler Tutorial to
find out what the program does,
SO, WHAT'S ALL THIS
ABOUT THEN?
From the moment you switch your Amiga on, to the
moment you switch it off, it performs potentially
millions of very simple operations every second.
The heart of all of this work is the Microprocessor,
a computer on a Chip. In the Amiga, the
Microprocessor is made by a company called
Motorola, and belongs to the 68000 series of
chips. The 68000 series has been around now
for 15 odd years, and significant advancements
have been made in that time, particularly in speed
and price.
The most modern Chip in the series, the
68060, Is over 50 times faster than the simple
68000 Chip found in unexpended A500s, A600s.
and A2000S. Although no Amigas are available
with 68060s yet .
Lots of numbers - very confusing. This just
about sums up programming computers,
particularly in Assembly Language. So, what is this
Assembly Language then? Let's take a brief step
away and come back to it in a while. You'll recall
that in the previous paragraph we said that the
IVIicro Processor performs maybe millions of simple
operations per second. Just how many of these
operations depends on which version of the
68000 Chip you have in your Amiga.
A standard unexpended A500 will manage
about 0.8 millions of operations per second. An
A4000/040 will peak at 21 million operations
per second. A1200 owners move along at about
2,5 million operations per second.
OK, so enough of all these numbers. What
exactly are these operations? Ifiey are very simple
indeed, they consist of things like basic arithmetic
operations (add, subtract and so forth), and
moving information around inside your computers
memory. Each of these operations is a single
machine code instruction.
Machine code is the lowest level of
programming you can perform, it involves
specifying exactly which operations are performed
by the Microprocessor, and when. You have
complete control.
Machine code has another property - it's
totally impractical to program in. Macl;' i : ';;
consists of numbers, and lots of them. There is a
number code for each instruction, and then more
numbers depending on the operation which is
to be performed (if you want to add 1 to the
contents of one memory location inside your
computer, you have to specif/ the i and to where
it is to be added).
The net result of all this is that no-one
programs in machine code any more, machine
code is for the days where programming
computers involved flicking switches, rotating
dials, and pressing small buttons and then viewing
the results on a panel of little red lights.
Thankfully, these times have passed.
Assembly Language gives you the advantages
of programming in machine code, without a lot of
the hassles. Instead of having to specify the
number for each operation, you can call it by a
name. The Assembler then does the hard wori< of
converting your Assembly Language program
(called the Source Code) to a machine code
program which can be ran by the Microprocessor
(the Object Code).
The thing about Assembly Language, is that
you have total control. You know exactly which
operations are going to be performed by the
Microprocessor, because you specified them. For
every Assembly Language instruction specified,
one machine code instruction is generated.
This differs from higher level languages such
as 'C. in 'C, you are separated from the
complexities of machine code and Assembly
Language. You program in a language which is
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coverdisk, Irtcluding this program which calaculates cellular automata.
With the source code for producing Lorenz attractors, such as the one above,
on the coverdisk, you can learn the black and dubious art of programming...
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANU/UIY T995
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The Aura audio/sampling suite is probably the world's most powerful, flexible
and easiest-to-use Amiga sound software package to date! This is no idle claim,
just look at some of the features of this superb sound sampler:
• Record/Play/Edit 16- or 8-bit, mono or
stereo sounds to memory or direct-to-disk.
• Real-time monitor of input with moving
spectrum analyser and oscilloscope.
• Amazing range of editing facilities include
cut, paste, insert, delete, fade and uolume.
Editing controls work on both samples in
memory and on hard disk,
• Record samples into memory at rates in
excess of ©0 kHz (A1 200, 1 2- bit stereo)
and direct-to-hard disk recording at rates
in excess of 40kHz (A1 200 1 2-bit stereo
with fast RAM).
• 15 fully programmable, single source
sound effects can be used in real-time
and on samples held in memory or even
on hard disk, plus effect preview.
• Block-oriented Sample
Sequencer built in,
• Advanced digital filtering with
3-dimensional Fast Fourier
Transform interactive display
• Real-time playback of samples
under MIDI control (requires
extra MIDI interface & keyboard
• Load and save IFF, RAW and
AIFF sample formats.
• Over 60 fully programmable,
multi-source, sound effects
on samples in memory, in
real-time and to memory or
hard disk (with effect preview);
a unique feature.
Octamed Compatible
Ootamed is the leading Amiga sample sequencer; now, version 5.02 and above
include a dedicated 1 6-bit sample editor which is 100% Aura compatible and
can play 16-bit samples through the Aura hardware while sequencing MIDI and
normal Amiga 8-bit sounds.
This powerful combination provides stunning performance and sound quality
for maximum impact.
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go wrong. The catch? For every one C instruction,
potentially tens or even hundreds of machine code
operations could be generated. A program called a
Compiler is responsible for converting source code
for a language such as 'C into machine code
which can be ran by the Microprocessor.
So why bother? It is obvious that high level
languages such as 'C are far easier to learn,
program, and so forth. You need to ask yourself
this. Assemlaly Language programming has its
advantages and disadvantages.
ADVANTAGES
You have complete control. Because of this, you
can write very clever programs that are fast, and
very efficient. It is not easily possibie to achieve
this in higher level languages.
It is also very interesting - you will learn a
lot about your computer by playing with this sort
of programming, which will help you in a number
of Instances.
DISADVANTAGES
It is hard to learn! It is also considerably harder to
fix things when it all goes dramatically wrong. High
level languages are better at spotting fatal errors
and problems, and also prevent you from doing
certain things. Assembly Language programming
has none of this - you can write a two line
program to crash your Amiga quite by accident.
You will certainly need at least a tad of patience!
It certainly looks gloomy for potential
Assembly Language programmers, but don't let
any of the disadvantages put you off. It can be
immensely rewarding, and you will learn an awfUl
lot about how your computer works, but just keep
it in perspective. In these modern days, compilers
are getting cleverer and cleverer - the machine
code that they generate is much more efficient
than it used to be.
As Microprocessors continue to get more
complex, it is likely that, in the next few years,
compilers will be able to generate better machine
code than any human programmer could
economically create, simply because they know
the rules better (Indeed this is already the case
for some of the more complicated processors
available today.} If you're thinking of programming
big Amiga programs with windows, buttons et al,
then you ought to be looking at 'C. This is not to
say that you can't write such applications in
Assembly Language - you can, only it will take
twice as long and be a pain to get working.
If you're out to learn much more about the way
your computer works (indeed, how any computer
works), and perform some pretty tricks, then you
won't be disappointed with Assembly Language
programming. So, do not delay - try it today (as
they say on TV, apparently!).
DAY TO DAY
Day By Day is a rather cool diary utility, brought to
you courtesy of those nice chaps at Digita. It will
allow you to keep track of important events in your
life (such as birthdays, paydays, the anniversary of
the battle of Jutland, etc) and make sure you
never miss them again. Day By Day can keep track
of all of these, and give you plenty of warning.
It's very simple to use. To start the program,
double click on the "DayByDay" Icon, This will
bring up a new screen with some Information on
the program. Pressing any key will take you onto
another screen where you can enter the date. If
your machine has a real time clock fitted, the date
should already be displayed. If not, just type the
date in and press return. You'll then be dropped
straight into the list of urgent things to do. As you
can see, It's all a a bit pointless as the world is
due to end on the 31st of December 1999, but
don't worry as we've got a few years to go yet.
Pressing 'E' will take you onto the main
screen of the program. From here, you can check
what outstanding events you have or set up new
ones. Events can be held in different categories,
and we have already set up three categories for
you. For instance, to check when the next issue of
Amiga Shopper is on sale, just press 3 and you'll
be dropped into a list of the on sale dates for the
worlds most fab serious Amiga magazine. Setting
up your own categories can be done by pressing C.
There are also various other useful things in
the program such as an instant monthly planner,
so you can quickly check what day a certain date
is on. You can also search through all of your
outstanding events for a name or phrase by
pressing 'S'.
We don't have space to document all of the
functions in this program, but most of them are
pretty easy to understand by simply trying them.
Don't be afraid to experiment, and don't forget to
check out our special offer to upgrade to the
Digita home office pack on page 52. CS
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If you're impressed by the superb Devpac Lite coverdtsk give-away, then
you'll be blown away by this incredible offer from Hi Soft. The makers of
Devpac have just released a brand new version, 3.13, of the leading
Assembler package which now features the Workbench™ 3.1, Include files, a
font-sensitive, faster Editor and Enforcer-aware Debugger, plus improvements
to all parts of the package: Assembler, Debugger, Linker and Editor.
The normal price of this new version will be £69.95 inc., but as a thank you
to Amiga Shopper readers, HiSoft have agreed that you can buy the
complete Devpac 3.13 (including full master disk set in an atb-active
wallet and extensive ringHaound manual) for a mere £39.95, plus £3
postage and packing. But you must hurry because this offer will end on
31st December 1994.
As a further bonus, HiSoft can offer the popular Mastering Amiga Assembler
tutorial book (from Bruce Smith Books - RRP £24.95) at a snip of a price -
only £18 when ordered with Devpac Amiga 3.13, or the introductory Insider
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AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
12 MUSK FEATURE
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Some people reckon that music matfe using
electronic Instruments and computers isn't
'real'. Well I say "So what?" If it sounds
good and It enables people to express musical
ideas in an entertaining, moving or fun way,
what's the problem?
The music business doesn't seem to find this
kind of criticism a problem anyway, with most {in
fact aimost ail) studios having some kind of
computer controlling the instruments, recording
equipment and effects boxes. The advent of
CO mp Liter-based music has also made it possible
for people to make music in their own homes
SO WHATS A
SUPERTEST?
Every month, we take a certain aspect of
Amiga use and review and rate every program
or product in that area that we can get our
hands on. In this issue, we are taking a long
hard look at music programs, including MIDI
sequencers and programs which use the
Amiga's powerful sound chip.
Over the next few months we will be looking
at modems, printers, programming languages
and a wide range of other subjects. In the
meantikme, here's a quick guide to what's in
this month's Supertest:
SEQUENCERS 1 2
TRACKERS 1 5
AUTO COMI>OSITION 1 6
Mn'CH EDITORS/
LIBRARY PROGRAMS 1 6
SAMPLERS 1 6
(heralding the birth of the 'bedroom techno'
scene). Anyone with a simple synth and a
computer can make great sounding music (and in
some cases just a computer).
The range of software for creating sounds,
writing songs and controlling studio equipment is
pretty extensive, so here's a run-down of the main
programs available for your Amiga.
SEQUENCERS
At the heart of any MIDI music system there will
be a sequencer. This is a program which enables
you to record, edit, arrange and play back
complete songs. A sequencer works pretty much
like a multi-track tape recorder, except that instead
of recording sounds on individual tracks you Just
record the data for playing individual notes. This
data can then be edited - correcting missed
notes, changing sounds, altering timing, copying
and pasting sections and a lot of other tricks.
Using a sequencer has a number of benefits
over using tape. For a start you can change the
tempo of a song without altering the pitch and you
can even play tunes on totally different
instruments - something impossible when you've
recorded a performance to tape. But which one do
JARGON BUSTER
Aftertoucli - a number
representing the pressure
applied to a note after it was
initially struck.
Continuous controllers - these
are streams of MIDI data which
affect sounds as they are
played. CC messages can be
for pitch bend, aftertouch,
volume and so on - anything
that isn't just a one-off event.
MIDI - Musical Instrument
Digital Interface. The language
that computers and electronic
music equipment use to
communicate with each other.
MuKttimbral - the ability to
play more than one sound
using separate MIDI channels
on one piece of equipment.
Piano roll - a grid-based
editing system using bars nert
to a piano keyboard. Similar in
style to the sheets used to
control a player piano.
Pitcli tkend - when the pitch of
a note is raised or lowered as
it plays, causing the note to
slide or bend.
Polyphony - the number of
notes that can be played at
once on an instrument.
Program changes - these are
MIDI messages used to call up
new instrument sounds on a
particular channel.
Realtime - a method of control
or editing which is carried out
as it happens, rather than
manipulating static data.
Sequencer - a program used
for recording, playing back and
editing MIDI songs. They
usually work like multi-track
tape recorders, except that you
don't actually record sound,
just the data for playing back
notes.
SysEx - MIDI data storing the
parameters required for a
synthesizer to create sounds.
This is specific to each
machine, hence the name
'SYStem Exclusive'.
Step-time - a way of recording
where notes are entered in
sequence, one at a time.
Transport - the mechanics and
controls on a tape recorder for
controlling the playing,
recording and winding of a
tape. Most sequencers
emulate these controls.
Velocity - a number
representing how hard a note
was struck.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY T995
MUSIC FEATURE 1 3
you choose? Well here are seven of the main
sequencing packages available for the Amiga.
MUSIC-X S.O
£149.99 - Software
Business « 0223
576186
Although its current
incarnation is the latest
sequencing package to hit
the market, Music-X is the
most popular sequencer
on the Amiga. The reasons for this are obvious -
it's an extremely flexible package capable of
professional results and it's very easy to use.
Recording performances doesn't take much
figuring out thanks to the logical tape recorder-
style controls and sensible track organisation and
editing sequences using the intuitive grid-based
editor is a cinch. The ability to string sequences
together to build up complete songs (becoming
more pattern-based) makes it even more flexible.
You just write short patterns for the various parts
and then put them together in a controller
sequence. It could hardly be easier.
Even when you've recorded or created your
sequence you can use l\/lusic-X's extensive tools to
manipulate or edit tracks. These are accessed as
'modules' and provide quick, easy control panels
for editing large amounts of data, including altering
velocities, quantising (to a varying degree) and
even adding 'swing' to inject a little human groove
to the piece.
Another important factor in the success of
Music-X (especially version two) is the
comprehensive support of internal samples. Up to
64 can be held at any time (depending on memory)
and called up as programs as you would on a MIDI
Synth. The sounds themselves can also have their
envelopes altered, drastically changing, if you wish,
the characteristics of a sound, and w/hen used in a
sequence they respond to velocity (higher
velocrties increasing the volume of a sample).
Perhaps the most significant point about the
new version is the inclusion of Notator-X, a full
score-editing and printing package which is also
available separately as a stand alone program.
This is a pretty advanced score-writing DTP
package, which enables you not only to organise
sequences and print them out as scores but also
carry out a wide range of specific edits to a track
(you could even create an entire track just using
IMotator-X). The only hindrance is that you can't
play files back directly, but you can transfer data
between Notator-X and Music-X, so you've got the
best of both worlds really.
Music-X 2.0 isn't without its little foibles.
Editing continuous controllers (such as pitch bend
or aftertouch) is a bit of a pain, since you can't
draw curves to add new data. If you want to do
that on screen you have to add each even in turn.
Very time consuming. Despite this setback, Music-
X 2,0 is an accomplished, flexible and easy to use
sequencer. No wonder so many people choose to
use it.
Rating: 85%
BARS AND PIPES PRO 2.5
£199.95 - Emerald Creative « 0181 715 S866
The buzz word (well one of them) of the moment is
'multimedia'. The ability to play music, animation,
video and graphics from a single machine is still a
source of wonder for many people. Bars and Pipes
Pro 2.5 is a sequencing package with feet planted
in both the serious MIDI-user market and the world
MIDI BASICS
Although it seems a very complex
area, MIDI is quite simple to
understand once you grasp a few
basic rules and principles. First, an
explanation of what MIDI is.
MIDI is a language which
keyboards, sequencers, synthesizers,
samplers and other music equipment
use to communicate with each other.
MIDI data is a series of numbers
transmitted over 16 channels (like TV
channels). The data can be notes,
messages to call up new sounds or
add expression to a note (such as
bending the pitch or adding
'aftertouch'). Individual channels are
usually used to play different
instruments (or a selection of sounds
in a multitimbral instrument).
There are a number of other things
which can be carried out using MIDI,
but these tend to be learnt as you
experiment with connecting equipment
and using sequencers. For now let's
look at a few basic MIDI set-ups.
SEQUENCER SET-UP
T0 connect a MIDI synth to a
sequencer running on your Amiga,
you'll need a MIDI Interface (whicit
start at around £lS-£20). Connect the
Out of the Interface to the In of the
synth (In the same way as the basic
set-up) and the Out from the keyboard
to the In of the Interface. This enables
you to play sounds on the keyboard
from your sequencer and record
performances played on the keyboard
Into sequences. Some programs have
a 'so# thru' feature, which makes the
Out socket from the Amiga act like a
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This Is the most basic MIDI configuration, with a MIDI
controller (In this case a keyboard) playing the sounds
from a sound module. This simply Involves connecting a
MIDI cable from the Out socket of the controller to the In
socket of the sound module.
DAISY-CHAIN SET-UP
You can control further units from the same controller
using a 'daisy-chain' system. This Involves taking a lead
from the MIDI Thru socket of the first module and
connecting If to the MIDI In of a subsequent device. A
MIDI Thru socket simply echoes the data received at the
In socket.
of multimedia.
Using B&P Pro, you can play MIDI sequencers
and link up with animation, video, graphics and
sound effects using a special utility called Media
Madness. This triggers external events directly
from a window within B&P, so you don't even have
to have another program running to create
multimedia shows. For added flexibility, you can
also link up to Arexx to send commands to other
programs on your Amiga. Slide shows will never
look the same again.
The actual musical portion (well the majority of
the program, in fact) of B&P is a little unusual. Not
only can you record and edit sequences on a grid-
based screen, you can also add a massive array
of MIDI effects using the 'pipeline' system. This
involves dropping special tools onto a graphical
pipe either before or after a sequence track. These
can carry out a bewildering array of MIDI effects,
such as transposing pitch, adding echo, creating
automatic arpeggiation (Phillip Glass, eat your
heart out), add echoes and... Well the list is
almost endless. You can even create your own
custom tools and store them for later use.
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Arran^ng pieces of music using Muste-X 2.0 Is
simple thanks to the Intuitive and ffexible Play
Sequence system.
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notation editing system for producing pull printed
scores of your masterpieces.
Although very powerful, B&P Pro isn't the most
intuitive of sequencers. The graphical system uses
several pointers and icons to carry out tasl<s and
the result is an often confusing cram of colours
and pictures. Once you've learnt to navigate your
way around the program though, it does prove a
very powerful paci^age. There's nothing else out
there which gives you as much control over
multimedia triggers (well any at all, in fact), so
should be the choice for those worl<ing in the
production of musical presentations rather than
Just recording.
Rating: 80%
KCS LEVEL 2 3.S
£69.99 - Future s 01225 822511
At the time of its release (well over two years ago)
KCS 3.5 was the tiee's knees as far as
sequencing is concerned. Not only is it a powerful
sequencer, it is in effect a suite of programs
running under one environment - the iVIPE (Multi
Program Environment). KCS (or Keyboard
Controlled Sequencer to give it its full name) is the
overall arranger and controller program, Tiger is
ttie graphical track editor, Automix Is an automated
MIDt-controlled mixer and Quickscore is a score-
editing and printing package. All these features
within one package was a breakthrough when it
was released.
Most of the work in the system is carried out
in KCS itself. This is where ail the tracks are
stored (and recorded) ready for playback of the
overall performance. As the name suggests, all
the instructions are either carried out on your
Amiga's keyboard or triggered using an externa!
MIDI kejtioard. This includes moving, accessing,
copying and deleting sequences, using a main
sequencer to trigger other tracks and editing
sequences as event lists. Although very powerful,
this isn't the most intuitive method of working -
hence the inclusion of Tiger.
Tiger displays sequences In a graphical form
using a piano-roll type grid. Here all edits are
carried out using the mouse. You can cut, copy,
draw, edit and delete notes by selecting an option
and using the mouse pointer. This is a lot faster
and easy to understand than using just text and
the keyboard.
The mixer section is very comprehensive,
offering control over mixing channels in realtime
(via MIDI). You can move faders on a graphical
representation of a mixing desk, mute channels,
select groups for overall mixer effects and store all
this information as part of your sequencer. The
mix effects can then be relayed to an automated
MIDI mixer, so all your mixes, fades and drop-ins
are controlled directly from your sequence. The
same effects can be carried out on other
programs just using controller messages, but
having It all laid out like a mixer in the first place
makes things simpler.
Although very powerful for its time, KCS hasn't
undergone any radical changes over the past few
years - just the odd tweak - and it's starting to
show its age. The main KCS system looks a bit
archaic next to some packages and the Tiger
system can be confusing to begin with thanks to
its graphical representations of data (with tails for
velocity, small icons and, at times, unclear controls).
The Automix section is still interesting, as only
Bars & Pipes is the only other sequencer to
feature a mixer page at all (although B&P's version
controis MIDI sequences directly rather than
linking to an external mixer). The Quickscore is OK,
but you only have control over the way scores are
displayed and printed rattier than being able to
edit the score directly, which is a bit limiting. KCS
is still a pretty powerful system, but it heeds
updating to bring it in line with more modern
programs - not least in terms of ease of use.
Ratrng: 75%
SEQUENCER ONE PLUS
£59 - Software Technology n 0161 236 2515
Designed as a low-cost, entry-level sequencer.
Sequencer One Plus is aimed at the beginner who
would like to create professional-sounding results
without having to wade through pages of manuals
and pawning a member of the family.
The clean presentation and simplified controls
make it easy to see what's going on with
Sequencer One and an innovative note editing
system puts everything in your control directly from
the mouse. The 'Diamond Drag' editing system
enables you to click on a note and drag it around
to alter its length, pitch, timing, duration or velocity
without selecting a bunch of different options from
the panel. Just right for someone wanting to learn
the basics of sequencing.
Along with the grid edit screen (where the
Diamond Drag system is used) there's the main
page which controls track selection, playback.
Windows galorel This shows the flexible (but
sometimes confusing) display system used by the
multimedia-ready Bars and Pipes Pro.
recording, setting cue points and other overall
management functions. This is mainly text-based,
with lists for cue points and tracks sitting above
tape recorder-style transport controis. In addition
to this are pages for arranging the song as a
series of bar-length blocks for each track and a
'tempo track', which enables you to draw lines on
a grid for altehng the tempo as a song plays
(either as direct changes or gradual alterations
^Vsing a sequencer has
many benefits over tape -
you can change the tempo
of a song without altering
the pitch and you can even
play tunes on totally
different instruments,"
using a number of preset curves - quite an
advanced feature for a sequencer at this level.
The flipslde of this simplified approach is the
flexibility of the system. Once you've learnt the
basics of sequencing and put together some
music of your own, you'll start to find that you
want to carry out edits in a way that Sequencer
One Plus can't handle. For a start the step-time
recording mode is a little ropy and the bar-edit
screen Is nowhere near as flexible as the arrange
system found in Music-X. For this reason.
Sequencer One Plus is only recommended as a
learning program for the cash-strapped beginner.
You will learn a lot from the system, but it's very
unlikely that this will be your main sequencer for
very long.
Rating: 70%
TIGER CUB
£59.95 - Key Audio « 01245 344001
This is a stand-alone version of the graphical
sequencer section of KCS. The editing system is
pretty much the same, with edits being carried out
on a piano-roll grid using the mouse. The events
appear as horizontal bars (showing the duration)
with vertical lines to represent the velocity. Notes
can be dragged around to alter pitch, duration,
timing or velocity (depending on which option is
selected) just using the mouse.
At the bottom of the screen a window can be
dispfayed showing continuous controller
information. Using the left and right mouse
buttons, you can draw new curves or edit those
already there - using cut and paste options to
move the data around. A 'conductor track' can
also be called up to add new time signatures or
enter tempo changes.
The way in that the Cub version differs from
the version included with KCS is that there is also
a 'tape recorder' screen. This is where you play
back the assembled tracks, record new ones, set
the MIDI channels and names for tracks and
perform the main filing operations (all the
functions that would normally be handled by the
main KCS program). You can still use Cub as part
of the MPE (mentioned in the KCS review), so that
you can bolt on the extra programs if you wish.
The problem with Tiger Cub Is that it's just too
fiddly to get anything worthwhile out of the
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program. The graphical representations are
sometimes unclear and tlie fact that you have to
select different operations in order to move the
note in different directions or change its
characteristics in some way is extremely
frustrating, it forces you to work in an extremely
meticulous way, which takes a lot of the fluidity
and intuition out of the musical process - not a
good idea.
Rating: m%
PRO-24 V3
£239 - Harman Audio v 0181 207 5050
The first version of Pro-24 was one of the first
MIDI sequencers available for the Amiga, building
on the already successful Atari ST version. Many
of the functions found in Pro-24 have been taken
up by other software writers to provide the basis of
many current sequencing packages (including the
industry standard Cubase).
The main control panel is organised in a
similar way to those of a studio tape recorder, with
transport controls, locators, mode switches, level
meters and track controls. The edit screens come
in three forms: the now-standard piano-roll grid,
notation or an event list. There's also a special
grid for editing drum patterns, with notes being
replaced with drum sound-names and triangles for
beats. Continuous controllers have a sensible
editing window (similar to that found on Tiger and
Tiger Cub), with vertical bars being drawn and
shaped into ramps and curves with the mouse.
All the requisite MIDI functions have been
catered for, including pseudo-mixer functions, the
ability to dump MIDI SysEx data and even add
effects (such as echo) to sequences. Having
said that, it's not exactly the easiest sequencer to
get to grips with. The display looks a little rough
and cluttered at times and takes some fathoming
out. Once you've managed to find your way
around, the working methods involved are pretty
flexible and you can obtain some very good results
quite quickly.
The price Is a bit steep these days (especially
compared to Music-X). A more sensible Idea would
be to convert Cubase itself to the Amiga and drop
Pro-24's price, then both programs could shift a
lot of units - after all, there must be thousands of
Amiga musicians who wouldn't mind running
Cubase on their machines (me for one).
Rating: 69%
RAVE
£49.99 - The Digital Mus« s 0171 828 9462
Designed as a low-priced entry level sequencer.
Rave has a very stark, blocky 'beginners' style
about It. Everything is laid out in large windows,
grids and lists so that everything on screen is
clean and clear with the functions themselves also
being straight forward.
There's very little within Rave that you could
call 'gadgety'. There are no frills to speak of here
- just straight sequencing and editing functions.
Again the main screen is a track list (along with
transport and locate controls) and editing is
carried out on a piano-roll grid. However, the grid
this time runs vertically, which takes a little getting
used to if you've used other sequencing systems.
There are a few interesting functions not
supported by all sequencers, such as Score
Editing (which has only just been introduced to
Music-X users), the ability to record In drum
machine-style loops and full support of MIDI files
(which makes transporting data to other machines
very easy).
WHArS SAMPLING THEN?
Sound sampling is a
process wliere real
sounds are turned Into
numbers that a computer can
read and process.
This is done by taking a
series of rapid 'samples' of a
sound's volume (the more
samples you take over time,
the more realistic a sample will
sound). These readings are
then converted Into numbers
which are stored in memory
ready to be edited, flipped and
otherwise messed with.
The sampled sound can
then be replayed, the numbers
playing a blip at the correct
volume to recreate the original
sound. Once stored as a
sample, you can play it back at
any pitch, but this sometimes
causes the Infamous 'Pinky
and Perky' effect.
To stop this you can
sample different pitches of a
sound to build up a more
realistic scale.
The Amiga can sample
sounds to a pretty high qualila^,
but to get really professional-
sounding results you'll need to
spend money on a dedicated
MID! sampler (such as an Akal
S2800, Ensoniq ASR-10,
Roland S-760 or Emu ESI-32).
These tend to be quite
expensive, so you'd better
start saving now!
Oris^ial sound wave
Sampler measures the volume
of the wawetonn at a series at
intervals
Tfiese volume levels are then
changed to numbers using an
Analogue to DIgllal Converter
The compter simulakm
of the original wawefcxin:
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The volume levels can be
replayed to reproduce
the original sound
As well as trl^ering MIDI synths, you can also
use internal samples, although the support isn't
as comprehensive as that found in Music-X.
Basically you just load them and play them from
the sequencer. That's about it.
Rave is a decent enough beginners package
and at less than fifty quid It's hardly likely to break
the bank. The functions that are there do the job
and let you get to grips with the fundamental
areas of creating and editing tunes using internal
sounds and MIDI equipment. However It Is a quite
clunky system which causes one or two
frustrations and only really handles the basics of
sequencing. To really get going, you'd be better
off saving up for a more intuitive and flexible
system that enables you to work in your own way
rather than limiting your approach to the use of a
few tools.
Rating: 62%
TRACKING
Trackers are sequencer programs aimed primarily
at using Amiga samples for creating tunes. Using
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available as a stanO-alone, graphic-based
sequencing program.
a tracker, you can put together patterns and string
them together to create full sequences. These can
then be saved as 'modules' for inclusion in games
or demos. Yes, that's how all those great Amiga
soundtracks are done. Now you know.
OCTAMED PRO V5
£30 - Seasoft Computing » 01903 85037S
OctaMED Is the only real choice as far as trackers
are concerned these days. The clever thing about
OctaMED is that it fools the Amiga's sound chip
Into playing eight tracks of audio instead of four.
This is done by making the chip play two sounds
as one, so that the polyphony is doubled.
Songs in OctaMED are created by playing
notes on the Amiga's keyboard to enter them in
vertical track 'lists'. Each note can be a different
sound, so that you can enter tunes, chords or
entire drum parts however you want. Patterns of
up to 64 steps can be created and strung together
to form a complete song.
As well as the song-creation system, OctaMED
Pro also features a whole host of other options.
MIDI support has been drastically enhanced over
the many versions, now offering comprehensive
control over program changes, recording and
playback. There's also good support for
synchronisation to tape. The sample editing
options are still in there, but these have been
enhanced even further to make it even rival some
stand-alone sample editing programs.
Rnding your way around the system takes a bit
of getting used to, due to the mass of windows
and options to work out. There are also loads of
buttons to learn, so this is hardly a system for the
beginner. However, If you want to create song
modules for use in other programs or just to play
from disk as a part of a demo then there is
nothing to rival this. The results that can be
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wtth your Amiga is to us& a tractter such as the
powerful OctaMED Pro.
achieved are remarkable, even in eight-channel
mode. Listen to some of the songs in the public
domain to hear for yourself.
Rating: 84%
AUTO COMPOSITION
Remember w/hen Stock, Aitken and Waterman were
at the height of their musical career, when chart
hits from the PWL stable cluttered the top ten?
Many people dismissed them by saying "Well,
they've got a computer that writes it all for them."
This may sound like science fiction, but It's not as
ridiculous as it may sound.
Auto composition software can actually create
pieces of music in pre-defined styles - you just
select the style, choose the chord changes and
enter where fills, intros and ending sections
should appear. The data can then be edited and
arranged and saved for wori( in a sequencer (if you
want to carry out more edits). Honestly, it really is
that simple!
SUPERJAM!
£74.95 - Meridian Software v OlSl 543 3500
Not many people could figure out the appeal (or
Indeed the reasoning) behind SuperJAM! until they
actually used It. Based in a similar environment to
Bars and Pipes Pro, SuperJAM! enables you to put
together an entire song just using the mouse. To
do this you select a style, call up the keyboard
window and click on the keys to play chords in the
chosen style.
Once you've worked out a few ideas, you
can call up another window and enter the
chord changes, fills and Instrument arrangements
to produce entire sections. Once you've created
these sections, you can organise them Into an
entire song. If a part isn't quite right, you can
select a track and call up a more in-depth
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SuperJAMl enables you to create and edit songs
using style templates. What could be quicker?
edit screen, moving, adding and deleting
notes on a piano-roll grid in much the same way
as a sequencer.
Although this sounds like an over-simplistic
way of making music, don't be put off. The amount
of control you have over the creation process is
very extensive. If you don't like the styles that
have been included, you can call up a panel to
create your own. This involves setting the type of
rhythm, the chord progressions and arpeggiattons
of a basic sequence, along with all the variations
that can be called in to liven up a piece.
Along wfth all the song creation tools, there
are also windows for setting up 'bands* - an entire
bank of instruments (MIDI instruments, Amiga
samples or combinations of the two) used for the
various parts within an arrangement - and linking
to other music programs, such as Bars and Pipes
or other systems capable of Arexx links.
Although the idea may be abhorrent to many
MIDI musicians, working with SuperJAM! can be a
useful way of generating new ideas to work on in
other sequencing programs. It could also be a
good tool for professional jingo writers or club
musicians wanting a method for creating quick,
simple karaoke backing tracks. Besides all that,
it's great fun.
Rating: 82%
THE HIT KIT
£25 - Software Technology ^ 0161 236 2515
This isn't so much a full auto composition program
as an ideas generator. Designed as a boit-on to
Sequencer One, The Hit Kit creates variations, riffs
and backing tracks using a number of styles.
These can then be saved for editing in Sequencer
One itself.
Although you can choose a number of styles,
set chord progressions and enter fills, the range of
utilities and tools isn't quite as extensive as those
found in SuperJAM! As a source of new ideas it's
not bad (and It's cheap), but it's hardly in the
same league as SuperJAM! as far as flexibility and
fun are concerned.
Rating: 59%
PATCH EDITORS/
LIBRARIANS
miTCHIMEISTER
£79.95 - n/leridian Software r qisi 543 3500
Patchmeister is a strange little program which can
be used in two ways - either as a stand alone
system or a tool linked to Bars and Pipes Pro, It's
a librarian package which stores the sound
settings of the synths in your set-up and stores
them to disk, and... Well that's about it really. You
can't actually carry out any edits using the
program (you'll either need a dedicated editor or
an understanding of your Synth's panel controls to
do that).
To use the program you configure a set-ujj file
which tells the system what synths you have and
what should be stored as part of the data file.
Once that's done you can store an entire file which
returns your entire system to its status when the
file was saved.
Unfortunately, despite a fairiy large number
of supported systems, not many modern synths
are covered, so it's worth checking that your
equipment can be integrated into a Patchm
either set-up.
Patchmeister is a pretty useful little tool which
makes sound organisation a lot more fluid, but It
doesn't really go any further than that. For users
of Bars and Pipes, who want a quick method of
storing and retrieving entire sound banks, it's an
interesting idea (at £80 it's not that expensive)
which could save a fair few headaches, but for
those wanting to do more synth work from their
computers it might not be such a useful add-on.
Rating; 71%
SAMPLING
Although the quality won't be up to the standards
of dedicated studio samplers {but they do cost a
hell of a lot more), the Amiga can play back high-
quality sampled sounds from its internal sound
chip. Using a decent sampling package, you can
record edit and store sounds for use in other
sequencing packages. To do this you'll need to get
a hardware and software bundle - the hardware
consisting of a plug-in sampling cartridge and the
software the program to record, manipulate and
store the sounds. These packages will be looked
at in depth In a later issue, but here are a few
options that are available to point you in the right
direction.
At the top of the heap is Megalo sound
(£34.95, Hisoft n 01525 718181). Although
pretty cheap, it offers the ideal package for those
who know a little of the basics of sampling but
want high quality tools and sound reproduction.
^^ Anyone with a
simple synth and a
computer can make
great^sounding music.
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The cartridge records superbly, with hardly a hiss,
hum or crackle to be heard (with a little patience
you can get crystal clean samples in next to no
time). But that's not all. The edit facilities
available are without equal at this price range.
There's no time-stretch or other studio-type tools
(you'll have to dig out a bargain-bin copy of
Audiomaster IV for that), but the trimming, copying,
merging, fading, mixing, filtering, effecting and
other -ings are phenomenal. For example; most
sample editors let you ramp a sound to fade in or
out, but only Megalosound actually offers you a
range of slopes and curves to decide exactly /low
you want a sound to fade. Remarkable!
Other worthy programs are Technosound Turbo
2 (£49.99, New Dimensions n 01291 690933)
which is an easy to use entry level system for the
sampling novice and DSSS-i- (£69, Silica -a 0181
309 1111) which not only offers an Impressive
array of edit effects but also gives you a simple
tracker as well. Not bad at all.
Amiga 2000, 3000 or 4000 owners have a
further option in the form of digital recording
cards. We won't go Into detail here, since it's such
a complex subject, but the basic idea of these
cards is to take a sound source, sample it and
record it straight to your hard drive. "Itou can then
edit the recordings to produce a final mix at the
best possible quality. This type of system is
starting to take off in pro studios thanks to the
increased flexibility over tape. It's not cheap
though - the cheaf>est Amiga unit costs about
£400. Start saving now! CD
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ASIA ^ MSmUMIA
With a multimedia program like ScalaMM,
MediaPoint or CanDO, a Touchtink screen and a
bit of artistry the world of point-and-press
presentations can become a reality.
So you've got this great idea for an
Interactive screen display to mesmerise
and entertain ttie folks in your local
shopping centre and at the same time get them
interested In buying products from the nearby
stores. You're damn sure that you've got all you
need to make It tick - except you just can't
figure out how to make It both foolproof and easy
for the general public to use without running the
rfsk of k>ss or damage to the mouse and/or
keyboard you plan on using as Input devices. So
what do you do? Get a touch screen and employ
H as the interface t>etween your point-of-sale, or
Information display, and Joe Public - that's whati
Now, isn't it a coincidence that I've just got
hold of a new touch-sensitive screen to review and
you're lool(ing for just such a thing as weii? No, I
thought not, but what the hecit ■ read the rest of
this review anyway and you'll find out just what a
touch screen is about and how it can bring
computing to peopie who wouid never have dared
touch one before.
WHAT'S A TOUCH
SCREEN ANYWAY?
OK, you're used to the WIMPy way that your Amiga
worlds (that's Windows Icons IWouse Pointer if you
thought I was insulting your Amiga) but what if
there's no practical way of using a mouse or
keyboard for a particular application? Say I wanted
to design a computer-based electronic self-
selection holiday brochure which would let you
browse through a range mmmm^^^^mmmmm
of available holidays,
provide images for each
destination along with
details such as costs,
travel dates and so on.
Say I wanted these
devices to be installed in
all the travel agents
across the UK and that
they had to be as easy to
access as possible.
Would I senously "^""^^^^
consider using a mouse or keyboard? No -
because the majority of prospective users would
run a mife, even though computers are relatively
common nowadays, because they just don't want
to fiddle about trying to get some information out
of a machine which they could more easily get
from a living assistant
But if I put a touch screen on the little
monster and made it so that all the worried punter
TOUCH
AND GO
Gary Whiteley reviews
a new touch-sensitive
screen kit - the
TouchLinIc L50 from
Geodesic Designs.
had to do was press on the screen above the item
of his/her choice then I think I might be onto a
winner. People point and push at things all the
time, so pushing on a screen makes using a
machine rather more human than using a mouse
or keyboard.
Now, let's just skip the hard part of actually
designing and implementing the application and its
database and consider how a touch screen
works... Essentially a touch screen provides an
alternative to the left mouse button by sending
signals to the computer which emulate a mouse
press, causing a command to be sent to the
Amiga and activating the chosen task. This may be
as simple as opening a drawer and running a
program, or it might involve electronic finger
painting with a paint package, or even choosing
where to take your holiday. Because of the way the
screen is designed (using thin conductive films
and capacitance sensors all around its edges) it
can sense just where a pointing finger hits it and
use that information to trigger an associated event
or action.
The TouchLink Touch Screen kit consists of
several things - the biggest being the screen
itself, which In my case was a glass-based
assembly approximately 31cm by 23cm. There is
also an interface box, complete with cables, which
connects between the screen and the Amiga's
joystick, mouse or gameport (where you actually
connect it being configurable in the software).
Two disks of software are provided - one for
^mmmmi^^^mmmi^^ standard Amtgas and
*/f you need a foolproof,
simple-fo-con^guref
external input device wfifcfi
will last for ages, you could
do worse than TouchUnk,"
one for driving a CCF -
and there's a bag of
assorted plastic bits
which stick onto the
screen for the purposes
of mounting it onto a
suitable monitor. The use
of these bits isn't
obligatory, as it depends
on the design of your
^^_^^^^^_^_^^^_ system just how you
attach the screen in front
of the monitor.
For the purposes of expediency I actually
dispensed with these bits altogether and plumped
for camera tape and some small chunks of foam
packing, which did the job for me. An alternative is
to use silicon adhesive to secure the screen to the
front of the monitor, or attach the Touch screen to
an external box. The choice is yours, depending
upon the application.
WHAT
TouchUnk 1.50 Touch Screen Kit
- US$ 250 (around £125). Turn
to page 6 for buying abroad Info.
WHO
Geodesic Designs, Inc.
WHERE
Geodesic Designs, inc. P.O. Box
956068, Duluth, GA 30136-
9502, USA. n 0101 404 S22-
0566. Pax: 0101 404 333^9995
Connecting the screen is simple, almost a
case of plug and go - except that the software has
to be installed first. However, thanks to the
standard installation routine supplied I had this
done in a couple of minutes and was ready to
calibrate the screen so that it knew the boundaries
and scale of my monitor, ensuring accurate
pointing and sensing could take place. Then all
you have you do is run the TouchLink software and
you're in business. I tried TouchUnk with a number
of different programs, including Scaia MM300,
DeluxePaInt and OpaiPaint.
Scala (and other multimedia programs) can
use a touch screen for input while a presentation
is running and I knocked up a multilayer point and
play presentation which worked fine. The paint
programs required me to set the Hold mode in the
TouchLink software for continuous finger-painting,
but I was pleased to see that the Amiga followed
my movements pretty well (if somewhat slowly)
and all the menus (except the pull-downs) worked
a treat. Pull-down menus don't work because they
require a click of the right-hand mouse button and
touch screens only emulate the left button.
Whilst finger-painting, a thought occurred to
me - perhaps other applications could make use
of the touch screen technology to allow folks with
learning difficulties or limited hand movements to
access some of the more creative computer
applications? You never know, maybe it's already
being done somewhere, but it was just a thought.
Anyway, if you need a foolproof, simple-to-
configure, external input device which will last for
ages (if you mount it inside a secure case) you
could do worse than using a touch screen such as
TouchLink. As I said, just Touch and Go! O
CHECKOUT
TouchLink 1.50
Documentation
Minimal and not overly helpfJl, but adequate.
50%
Settri>g Up 90%
Calibrating this baby is a piece of cake and it appears
to be very accurate.
Ease Of Use
No big problems here -just Touch and Gol
95%
Value For Money 95%
Not much competitloh around, so there's not much
comparison, is there?
Overall
Simple to use, easy to
install and it works.
What else Is there to
say really?
90%
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e Saver
Graeme Sandiford
evaluates the latest entry
into the continually
expanding Amiga 1200
CD-ROM market - AlfaOata's
PCMCIA controller and
external drive combination.
You would have thought that the demand
for CI>-ROM drives for the 1200 and 600
would have begun to peter out. Instead
the demand for CD- ROM drives has increased,
especially for the 1200. It's not surprising then,
that this continued demand has encouraged more
manufocturers to produce their own drives. So
far, most of the drives that have appeared have
been variants of Mitsuml's FXOOID twin speed
drive adapted for external use, as there Is quite
obviously no space for Internally fitting a CD-ROM
drive to a 1200. The Tandem interface and CD-
ROM combination Is just such a drive.
! know that some people will disagree with me
on this one, but I think the drive is actually quite
attractive in appearance. I know it's a bit large, but
it has a wonderful 1980s sci-fi-like casing - full of
grooves and pits with some stylish moulding. To
match the 1200's colour, and to add to the 1980s
sci-fi look, the casing is cream. As I said, it Is a
little on the large side, it is approximately 2,5
inches high, 8 wide and 10.5 deep.
The Mitsumi drive slots into the left-hand side
of the casing as part the right is occupied by its
Internal power unit. The power lead is Inserted at
the rear of the case as is the cabfe from the
interface. Also located at the rear are to phono
sockets and what appears to be a SCSI connector.
However, none these are functional, but are
instead just part of the casing. As with most CD-
ROM drives, the front of the case has a
headphone socket, volume dial, eject button and
power and disc access lights.
The interface, which fits into the PCMCIA slot
of the 1200 and 600, is also cream in colour.
inserting it into your machine is easy as it fits
quite snugly, but not tightly However, connecting
the cable to the interface is not quite so easy, as
you have to line up the two rows of holes with the
two rows of pins that are inside the plastic case of
the interface. While this style of interface may
have been OK for use with the big-box Amiga
version of the Tandem, as the lead will not be
knocked or pulled because it is fitted internally, it
is not particularly well-suited for connection to an
external drive. Although you can quite easily buy a
longer cable, the connecting cable from the
interface and the drive is a little too short to make
positioning the drive easy or convenient.
Installing the software is fairly straightforward
as the installation script uses Installer. However,
the scripts failed to recognise my home 1200,
which has had its motherboard changed, as a
Workbench 3.0 machine, although there where no
problems with the machines I tested it on In the
office. You are given several options during the
installation process, such as having the CD drive
mounted on start up and choosing which utilities
to install. These include EjectCD - a program that
can be used to eject a CD by clicking on button on
your Workbench screen, the popular PiayCD audio
CD player and KillDev - a small program that will
unmount the C DO: device for you. The second
installation disk also includes the software
necessary for CD32 ennulation.
WHAT CAN IT DO?
So how does the drive perform and what kind of
things can you expect to do with it? Well, like most
of the other PCMCIA CD-ROM drives the drive
mechanism is based on the Mitsumi drive - so you
won't get any vast differences in performance. The
drive is multi-session compatible so you'll be able
to access PhotoCD images. You'll need to buy
additional software, though, as none is supplied. A
useful advantage to having a CD-ROM is being able
to play audio CDs and as this drive is twin-speed
capable, you'll be able to annoy your friends by
playing your favourite CDs over and over again.
Like any other group of people, Amiga-users
are a mixed bunch who put their machines to a
number of different uses and therefore have
different needs. While some only use their Amigas
for the most serious of tasks, others want to have
it all - a powerful computer and a potent games-
playing platform. The CD32 is one of the most
powerful games machines (not forgetting its
multimedia capabilities, of course) available, but
it's not that different from the 1200. Bearing the
simiiarities of these machines in mind, built-in
emulation of the CD32 is obviously a desirable
feature for a CD-ROM drive.
The Tandem has opted for the cheaper
alternative for emulating the CD32's capabilities -
software emulation rather than hardware.
Obviously, this option will not work on the 600 as
it's a tad difficult to emulate the AGA-chipset.
Although, the emulator can be used to run CD32
games it will not enable you to run CDTV-speciflc
games. The CD32 emulation software provides
options that have been designed help improve
compatibility, such as turning off Fast memory,
instruction caches, data caches and emulation of
the CD32's controllers by using a combination of a
joystick and certain keys.
However, as the emulation is software based,
it has to be run before anything else - even to
allow you to simply boot from CD-ROM. Problem is
that most games need to be run from bootup. The
way that the software gets around this problem is
quite clever, yet very simple. There are two scripts;
one that will create a bootable floppy disk; and
another that will change your Hard Disk's startup-
sequence. If you choose to run the HD startup
script you'll be able to boot from CD by holding
down a function key of your choice. If you choose
to create a boot disk, then every time you boot
with it In your drive then the CDO; is automatically
mounted and will be booted from.
That's about it really, the drive works and is
relatively easy to install. However, that is not
enough, the drive has plenty of competition with
more to follow. At the moment its main
competition is the Zappo drive and frankly, I
wouldn't put any money on the Tandem coming out
on top. For one thing it's too expensive - you need
to purchase three components the interface, the
drive and the case with the power supply. That
works out at approximately £238.25. As well as
being more expensive the drive's build-quality is
less than that of its competitors' - the interface in
particular. If you are looking for a CD-ROM drive,
this can do the job quite adequately, but the Zappo
model can do it better and for less. ^D
WHAT
Tandem A1200/A600 CD-ROM
-£238
WHO
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CHECKOUT
Tandem A1200 CD-Rom
Instattation: 80%
Relatively straightforward on the software side, but
the hardware irstallation could be improved with a
better interface.
Ease of Use: 84%
Orce installed, the use of the drive is transparent to
the user and the boot up and emjiations
arrangennehts are easy to use.
Value: 70%
The drive is too expensive when compared with
similarly specified units.
Overall Rating: 79%
Although useable, the drive suffers
from a lack of quality and a
prohibitively high price-tag.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
REVIEW 23
3D Heaven
There are loads of 3D goodies floating
around - the trouble is finding it can be hard
y^ork. Graeme Sandiford has a look at two
CD-ROMs that may be heaven-sent*
You may And this hard to b«1leve, but
there are thousands of 3D objects and
utllKles to be found. However, while there
may be an abundance of such multl-dlmenslonal
goodies, finding them is no easy task. One of the
best places to find 3D objects and utilities Is the
Public Domain sector. There are plenty of people
out there who are building objects and writing
programs. Of course finding good PD Is not that
easy either. PD libraries often have models of
their own and BBSs can also be a good source.
However, one of the best places to find the
latest and best 3D stuff is the Internet. There are
a few sites that are devoted to, or contain, files
that will be of interest to 3D artists. A good
example of such a site is Avalon
(avalon.chinalake.navy.mil), which has hundreds of
3D objects, texture maps, conversion programs,
answers to FAQ and even 3D source code. Another
excellent source is the Syndesis 3D-R0M
{reviewed in issue 40).
Following the success of their first 3D-R0M,
Syndesis have just released volume II and they
have also taken a snapshot of the Avalon Internet
site and released that on CD-ROIM.
THE SON OF 3D- ROM
3D-R0M II features more
than 200 all new objects
saved in Imagine,
Lightwave, DXF, 3D Studio
and Wavefront formats. As
with the first CD, the
models contained in 3D-
ROM volume 2 cover a
wide range of topics.
However, the discs do not follow the same
format, as the second volume doesn't include We
texture files found on the first one. I was looking
forward to the new textures on the second disc,
so 1 was a little disappointed. However, it would
have been difflcuit for them to generate, or find,
textures that are different enough from those on
the first disc to warrant inclusion.
The disc has an Images directory as well as a
demo one. The image directory contains rendered
pictures of the objects, so you can get a better
idea of what the objects will look like. The images
have been stored in the PCX format and can
therefore be viewed by using most picture viewers.
The demos directory contains demonstration files
and programs. However, most of these are aimed
at the PC market and consist mainly of demo
anims and demonstration versions of PC software.
The CD-ROM's directory-Structure is pretty
much the same as before - several directories for
each format, but instead of having files lose In the
format directory all the files are in their source
directories. For example, if a Lightwave format cow
object was made by Viewpoint, you would follow
this directory path Iw/Viewpoint/cow.
To help you find the type of object you are
after, you can turn to the catalogue supplied with
the disc. The catalogue contains rendered images
of the objects with their name underneath. You can
simply flick through the catalogue and when you
find something that suits your needs you can
check its name and then look for its location on
the disc, by turning to the front of the catalogue.
The front contains a list of objects by name.
Alternatively, you can search for an object by its
description. You can do so by turning to the index
at back of the catalogue where the entries are
listed according to their kind (cars, aircraft etc.).
The objects themselves, are less numerous
than volume f's, but they make up for the lack of
numbers in their quality. There really are some first
rate objects - they are well-modelled and very
detailed. This means you'll need more memory to
render them, but that's Just a sad fact of life. As
with the first edition, if you are into 3D rendering
and animation, then you simply must have this CD!
Product: 3D-tlOM Volume tt
Priee: $99.95 (about £60}
Supplier: Syndesis Corporation
Tel: 0101414 764 5200
Verdict: 92%
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The best way to explain what the Avalon CD is, is
to relate it to a snapshot of the site. It's exactly
the same as the AmtNet CD-ROMs - they contain
all the files that were present at the site at the
time of the snapshot. Likewise, the Avalon disc
contains all the 3D objects, textures and FAQ that
were on that site at the time.
The disc retains the same directory-structure
as the Internet site, so if you have visited the site
before you should have no difficulty in finding what
you are after. However, as this is a snapshot of
the site, none of the objects or textures have been
converted by Syndesis for use on the Amiga. As a
result, most of the files have been saved in file
formats that were intended for other platforms
such as the SGI.
To gain access to them you'll need a conversion
program, such as Syndesis' own Interchange Plus,
in some respects the Avalon disc might be
considered a poor man's 3D-R0M - the 3D-R0M
contains models that have been converted while
the Avalon disc's contents need to be converted.
Most of the models that can be accessed
directly from the CD-ROM without conversion, are
in the Imagine format. However, many of the
objects have been around for some time and were'
included in 3D-R0M volume I. On the whole I was
more than a little disappointed with the contents
after revelling in the contents of the two 3D-R0MS.
However, Syndesis did include a disk of UNIX
utilities that could be used to read text files and
decompress archived files.
Although only half the price of 3D-R0M volume
II, the only reason you might consider buying this
disc is if you have Interchange Plus already and
would rather spend a few hours converting objects
Just to save yourself $50 (turn to page six for
advice on buying from abroad). If you have a life,
buy 3D-R0M volume II instead.
Product: Avalon
Price: $49.95 (about £30)
Supplier: Syndesis CorporaHon
Tel: 0101 414 764 5200
Verdict: 73% ®
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
24 REVIEW
Hard and
removable
On the left we have the MoMiga Magn^
Optical Drive, while on the right we hai
Bernoulli Box. «
Richard Baguley
looks at two
removable disks
which may banish
the ''disk fuir
message.
I It's a common problem . You're a few frames
away from completing the graphics for your
iatest raytraced piece when that dreaded
mesage flashes up: "Disk Full". If you are doing
anything that's going to need a lot of space, you
should loolt at getting hold of a removable drive.
We'll tal<e a look at two new drives which
promise potentially unlimited storage space.
MOMIGA l.aGB
MAGNETO-OPTICAL
Although a Magneto-Optical Drive sounds like a
refugee from a cheap 1950s Soi-Fi film, it is a
refatively new technology for disk drives. It uses a
combination of magnetic (as used in floppy disks)
and opticai (as used in CD-ROMs) techniques to
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pretty basic, but not very tlifticult to wortt »#ft.
WHAT
MoMiga
1.2GI> Magneto-Optical Drive
£2115 (Internal model)
£2250 (external model)
£141 (1.2Gb Cartridge,
5 for £570)
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pack a stonking 1.3 Gigabytes onto a single 5 1/4
inch disk.
Physically, the MoMiga is not particulariy
outstanding. There are two types of case available
for the external model, the most expensive of
which is an MOD standard case which features
delights such as filtered fans, extra tough casing
and a space for you to rest your medals on. This
will cost you an extra £145 on top of the price
quoted on this page, so I wouldn't bother with it
unless you are planning on using this drive in a
hazardous environment such as a factory,
workshop or nuclear test site, A small selection of
jumpers (to control things like the SCSI id) are
located at the back of the case. In use, the drive
is extremely quiet, with only a slight humming from
the fan and the occasional clunk as the drive head
moves around.
Unlike most other drives, you can only use one
side of a disk at a time with the Magneto-Optica!
Drive. Given that you can fit just over 600Mb on
one side of a disk, I can't see this being a real
problem for most people, although it might have
been nice to be able to access an entire disk at
one time. However, MoMiga are currently working
on an auto disk changer which will be able to hold
up to 24 disks and automatically swap between
them, so you could have up to 24 gigabytes
available at any one time. Yowtch.
Two floppy disks accompany the drive and
these hold the software which drives the beast.
Unlike the Bernoulli drive, there are a selection of
custom written drivers which talk directly to the
drive. Support is provided for eight different SCSI
controllers, and a genera! driver is also included
which should work with any other drive.
The drivers also allow you to use a variety of
different filing systems, including PC and Mac
ones, so you can swap disks between different
machines wi* no problems. There is also support
for the NetBSD filing system, which allows you to
share drives over a network. If you are running on
a Wori<bench 3.1 machine, you should also be
able to format a disk to a different sector size
(1024 bytes per sector instead of 512) which can
also increase the speed of the disk.
Several other programs are also included
which allow you to add security to a disk (so you
can't access a disk without the password) and
audit software which allows you to track who has
been accessing the disk and when. All of the
software which sets up and formats the disks is
CLI only, and is not particulariy friendly. Rigid disk
blocks are not used by the software, although they
can be written out for compatibility reasons.
Although this custom driver business sounds a bit
bizarre, its completely invisible to the user, and
the disk behaves like any other, with Icons
appearing on the desktop. It also does not
interfere with any other SCSI devices connected to
the SCSI bus.
Although this disk looks very fast from the
figures below, these should be clarified slightly.
Data transfer is extremely fast on this disk, but
CHECKOUT
MoMiga Drive
Ease of use: 75%
Although setting up the disk is a bit of a pain, once
this is done, it's very easy to use.
Speed: 90%
Whoosh. Faster than a good many fixed disk
mechanisms I've come across In my tme.
Features: 90%
The support for a compendious range of filing
systems make this especially useful for moving
data between machines.
Value: 90%
By no means cheap, but '!f you need very large
anhounts of space, this Is an excellent solution.
Overall:
If you need very large
amounts of storage space,
this drive will provide an
excellent solution to your
needs. It's fast, flexible
and reliable.
90%
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1 995
REVIEW 25
SPEED'S THE THING.
it's a pretty common misconception that removable drives are slower than their fixed counterparts.
However, the figures below show that this Isn't necessarily true. We carried out sohie speed tests on
the two drives reviewed on tiiese pages, and then carried out the same speed tests on a pretty typical
IDE fixed dlsl<.
All of the tests were carried out using tine same SCSI interface card on the same
machine (an A4000/040). All of the figures are derived from the PD program DiskSpeed.
and are ttie averages of the various different tests the program uses.
Bernoulli Box
MoMiga Drive
A4000 IDE drive
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2 - The average number of bytes which can be read from a file (per second).
3 - The time tai^en to copy a 5.5Mb animation file from the RAM disk onto the drive.
4 - The Time tai^en to copy a 5.5iyib animation from the dlsl^ to the RAIVI disi^.
PRICING THE OPTIONS
One way of assessing a product lil<e this is the
price per IVIegabyte method, where you
calculate Uovi much each Megabyte of storage
space costs. For a Iomega Bernoulli with one
cartridge, this worlds out at £3.70 per
Megabyte, which sounds rather expensive when
you contrast it with the figure for a pretty typical
SCSI drive, which comes out at around £1.00
per Megabyte.
However, the Bernoulli drive starts to
sound more attractive when you add another
two cartridges {which cost £95 each, giving a
total cost of £745), with a cost per [ylegabyte
of £1.65. Things get even better with a cost of
£1.24 per Mb when you have five cartridges.
The lyioMiga drive starts out at the very
acceptable cost of around £1.62 per Megabyte,
and this falls rapidly, hitting an extremely good
£0.34 per Megabyte If you buy five extra
cartridges, giving you a total of 7.2 Gigabytes
of disl< space. Whether you will ever actually
need this amount of space Is another question.
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Bernoulli drive, you can use the standard
HDToolbox program, or a PD version such as
RDPrep (above).
seek times are slower than a fixed disk as tiie
drive head has further to move. However, they
aren't significantly slower, and this drive
performed extremely well when measured against
a fixed model.
This drive certainty provides an elegant
solution if you have a need of extremely large
amounts of disk space, but it Isn't cheap.
However, if you look at it In terms of what you
are paying on a per Megabyte basis, it's
extremely reasonable. Of course, you wouldn't
want to buy a disk like this unless you needed a
very large amount of disk space, but if you do,
then this is one of the best removable drives I've
ever come across.
BERNOULLI 1 SOMB
The Bernoulli disk Is named after a physicist who
discovered the effect which makes aeroplanes fly.
I haven't got the space for a full explanation here,
but suffice to say that it's all to do with relative air
pressures, velocities and the like. In terms of this
disk, it means that the head hovers a few
micrometers above the disk without actuatfy being
held there by the springs and the like used on
most disks.
Physically, the Bernouili box is pretty imposing,
measuring a good twenty five by thirty by eight
centimetres. A lot of the space Inside the case Is
taken up by a pretty beefy-looking power supply,
and an internal version is available which fits
comfortably In a 5 1/4 inch drive slot. On the front
Is the drive slot and a carrying handle.
The disk is inserted in the front and, unlike
most other drives, it sticks out of the front by an
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28 3D COVER FEATURE
The Three Ds of 3D
Part One - Design
^^' Mojo, the man \\^ho
\/\rorks alongside special-effects
wfizard Ron Thornton on the TV
series Babylon 5 in Los Angeles,
show^s you hovs^ you can create
almost anything in 3D - perhaps
\ even a model of Elvis!
j«fgg>yjr^a»^^-«W^»^
aD Is a tricky business. I've been at it for
almost three years now and I'm still no
damn good at It. It's a bitch to learn,
nearly Impossible to get good at and your eyes
Inevitably go bad from staring at a monitor
twenty iiours a day. But It's a lot of fun! With 3D
animation, you can create anything you can
Imagine. Planets, monsters, spaceships, fish...
anything. What's more, you are ttie man (or
woman -EO) in ciiarge. You don't need teams of
modei builders, painters and film crews. Just a
computer, some decent softvrare and a brain.
NO DAY AT THE BEACH
As was said at tine outset, learning 3D animation
is no day at the beach. It's tough work, more akin
to a day cleaning subway toilets with a toothbrush
and spit. Gruesome? You bet. Unless you think
you're serious about this stuff, I'd turn the page
now and read a game review. 3D ain't lil<e stamp
collecting, mate.
it would hardiy qualify as a hobby. You can't
dabble in it, spending a couple of hours with it
here and there when you get a chance. You must
embrace it and let it consume you like a good pint
of ale. Speaking of which, if you decide to proceed
with your training, you must leave the pub behind -
you won't have time for it.
It's also mandatory that you forget about girls,
parties, record shopping and all other forms of
social activity- You must live 3D. You must spend
every possible minute you can in front of that
machine, learning the ways of the Jedi - er, I mean
animator. If your electric bill doesn't triple, you're
not doing your job. Still feel like going through with
it? Excellent! Welcome to 3D boot camp, and I'm
your Drill SergeantI
A LITTLE HISTORY
The Amiga has always been at ttie forefront of 3D
animation. Ever since the late 80s, animation
software has been developed on the machine and
it has now reached a state of maturity paralleled
only by the most expensive platforms available.
Fortunately, the Amiga remains cheap and
easy. The early years of Amiga 3D were
treacherous indeed, mostly involving software that
had little or no interface. Much of the vast
amounts of information needed to create 3D
objects had to be entered by hand - almost
programmed - and was definitely not for the weak
at heart.
With the release of Imagine (Impulse) some
years ago, 3D had reached the Next Level. It
boasted very powerful, high-end features and had
a reasonably good user interface, finally allowing
for the majority of work to be done with the
mouse. The program has been supported well over
the years, having had many fine updates, making it
(1 would say) one of really only two serious choices
for the 3D enthusiast.
The problem Imagine had (and still does) is its
learning curve. It is a very difficult piece of
software to get the hang of, making the tough job
of learning 3D even tougher. The manual Is
mediocre at best and there are few other
resources to turn to.
In all honesty, it has usually been the choice
BUILDING A POD
On the other page Is a numbered run through
showing you how to build your very own
Babylon 5 cargo handling pod { as shown on
the illustration above) In 12 simple steps,.
The example has been created In ll^twave,
but the techniques shown in this could easily
be applied to any 3D program, such as
Imagine or Real 3D.
for people who haven't had the dosh to shell out
for Nevrtek's LlghtWave 3D, with Video Toaster
attached. Fortunately, Nevrtek has separated
Lightwave from the Toaster and now sells it for a
very reasonable price. For those of you who have
been too busy cleaning toilets to notice. Lightwave
is the 3D animation software responsible for the
special effects in programs like Babylon 5,
seaQuest DSV, Robocop - The Series and even a
few bits in Star Trek.
The feature list is excellent and it is, by far,
the easiest of 3D programs to learn. I cannot
recommend it highly enou^. If, for some reason,
you have dedicated yourself to another piece of
software, take heart - good animation is a result
of the artist, not the software. Most programs
contain the tools necessary to create fine work as
long as you're willing to take the time and effort to
learn how to use tiiem.
So, although the examples I will be giving are
from Lightwave's point-of-view, the lessons taught
here should apply to almost any software you can
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
3D COVER FEATURE 29
Let's work on the body first. Making this
segmented box Is as simple as clicking the
'box' button and dra^ng Uie mouse.
Following so far?
Select the two points as shown and move them
down to start making the ship's nose. Drag just
a few more vertices and the body really be^ns
to take shape.
Selecting the points in the nose and stretching
them Inward really defines the front end.
Points on the roof and then the base are similarly
stretched into a cool-looking shape. As you can
see In the perspective view, a tew simple steps
has brought our box a long way.
Let's make a recessed door In back of the pod. In
a separate layer, create a box in the position
where you would like to remove a bit of the body.
See-through to the first layer to line it up.
To create the cockpit window, make a cutting
box as before in another layer. This time, use the
'Stencil drill' tool. It will not remove, but add
polygons where the two objects intersect.
get your hands on-
MODEUNG
No, not the type you see in magazines. Large
breasts and muscular chests are not a
requirement for this type of model work. In fact, if
you're in good shape, then you're not spending
enough time sitting lethargically in front of your
computer! 3D modeling is ttie process of building
three-dimensional models inside the computer.
It tal<es a little getting used to, as work is
done simultaneously from three views - usually
top, side and front. This is vital, since whatever
you build can eventually be viewed from any angle
you choose - mailing it important to see what it
looks like from all sides while you work.
These three views are also itnown as X,Y and
Z, the primary axis of three dimensional space.
The X axis is more or less left to right, Y is up and
down and Z covers in and out. All 3D work
happens within this realm, so try to remember
what X,Y and Z mean at all times.
3D objects are made up of polygons, the basic
building blocks of three-dimensional worlds.
Poisons are like pixels; individual pixels are
nothing but squares. However, if you put enough of
them together, they Pegin to tai^e on a shape,
usually a picture. Polygons are also flat squares
(sometimes triangles) with no individual meaning.
Yet, when many of them are placed together (and
in the right order), definitive shapes emerge that
become 3D models containing thousands of
polygons.
Luckily, you don't have to place every
individual polygon in order by hand. In fact, most
complex objects are made up of many simple
ones, usually cubes and spheres. Most 3D
programs allow you to make simple shapes very
easily, usually by just dragging the mouse.
ngure 1 shows two spheres, both made in this
fashion. However, the one on the right contains
twice the number of polygons. The result? Look at
the edges of both spheres. If tbe one on the left
got too close to the camera, you would notice that
the sphere was not round at all, but made up of
many straight lines (actually edges).
This is similar to zooming in too close on a
low-res image and seeing the stair-stepping of the
pixels. The closer you get, the higher the
resolution needs to be. In 3D, the closer you get
to a rounded surface, the more polygons it needs
to 'fake' a smooth edge. Rgure 2 shows several
other 'primitive' objects, easily created in seconds
by most software.
Once an object is created, it can easily be
moved or rotated into a desired position or angle
simply by selecting the desired tool and drawing
the object with the mouse. Cut and paste features
allow you to mix and match shapes to make more
complex ones.
Lightwave's modeler has a unique (and
extremely handy) system of layered modeling,
ngure 1; 3D wH/r balls. Can you tell which has
more polygons? Although the X,Y and Z views
look Identical In this example, notice the
perspective view In the upper right. It can be
Figure 2: Simple ol^eots, made simply. Click on
tfie type of shape you desire, drag out a box to
define it's size (the yellow box) and hit Return.
Presto! It would take longer to draw these with a
rotated using the mouse for a view from any an^e pencil
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
30 3D COVER FEATURE
To recess the window slightly (ana 0ve It an
ei^e), select the window polygons (shown In
yellow) and use the 'smooth shift' feature. Enter
tite distance you would like It shifted.
Here's a close-up of the WorkPod's arm. Once
again, It's built up from a few simple objects: Just
boxes and tubes.
However, using the features listed above, a few
simple modifications can turn It Into something
much better! Tapering boxes, cutting holes and
adding plain cylinder arms Is all that was donel
The arm is cut from one layer and pasted onto
the Pod body. It looks a bit out of place -
something more Is needed
In another layer, a simple shoulder was made so
the arm will look attached to the Pod. The 'onion
skin' Mature makes this a breezel But one arm?
U^ng the 'mirror' command, the arm Is
duplicated In reverse for placement on the other
side of the Pod body. A second arm In less time
than It takes to belchi
similar to the spare page in Deluxe Paint. In
essence, you have ten Individual modelers to work
In, all interchangeable. This allovifs you to create
and work on Individual pieces separately before you
combine them. You even have a sort of 'onion skin'
ability, which allows you to see (and even work in)
several (or all) layers simultaneously, so you can
get an idea of how objects will look together before
actually cutting and pasting them (see figure 3).
WHAT WAS I THINKING?!
Trying to explain 3D modeling to a beginner with
words alone is like describing the new Megadeath
album to someone who's never heard one -
examples are much more effective. Therefore,
these pages will offer a visual guide to modeling in
three dimensions.
It will even show how an inexperienced
maggot like yourself can create a Babylon 5
spaceship in no time at all! When you've finished
looking at all the pretty pictures, you may proceed
to the next section.
THE NEXT SECTION
Now, that doesn't seem so difficult, does it? You
may have noticed a slight difference between the
full colour version of the WorkPod and the
wireframe mess the pictorial ended with. This is
Figure 3: White objects (the cone) represent
what Is In the current layer. The darker objects
(the box) show an 'onion skin' of what Is In the
secondary layer. This makes multiple object
alignment a snapl
Figure 4: Creating 3D logos Is big business In
animation. UghtWave allows you to simply
choose a postscript font and type one In. After
your toxt Is generated, creating the third
dimension Is easy...
because model building (design) is only the first
step in the big, wide world of 3D animation. The
Pod, as it is now, is in a stage known as geometry.
All that exists is the basic shape. Now it must be
detailed and paintedl Also called texture mapping
(in 3D terms), this is an object's finishing process.
However, 1 know I've already given you a lot to
chew on this month, so why don't we wait until the
next issue so we can give it the attention it
deserves. Look for the second D of 3D next
month. In the meantime, remember - no fun is to
be had! Grab a bag of biscuits, lock your door,
remove the off switch to your Amiga and start
Pod building... CD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mojo works alongside special effects wizard
Ron Thornton on the TV series Babylon 5 in Los
Angeles. He claims to be originally from a small
planet somewhere is the vicinity of Betelgeuse
and believes Eivis is still alive, although he has
not yet provided any documentary evidence of
this. If you look carefully at the Babylon 5
space station, you can probably see a picture
of him mapped on to it somewhere, along with
all sorts of other stuff that should not be there.
He welcomes readers to send in comments
and Red Dwarf stuff not for sale in the USA
(just about everything). Send your letters to:
Mojo c/o Amiga Shopper, 30 Monmouth Street,
Bath BAl 2BW.
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OPINIONS 35
Know what I mean?
Discover \sfhat the top industry figures really ffiink.
Davey Winder on the hype surrounding the Internet
So Just why is everyone
going overboard with
regard to the Internet? Is
It part of an Information
Superhighway or Just a
super"hype'*way? Here at Amiga
Shopper HQ we have been
reoelvirig a number of
complaints from people who are
fed up with seeing the Internet
mentioned wherever they look.
Sure, I'd have to agree that
the media coverage given to the
internet is nothing short of
amazing, but then so is the
internet itseif.
Back in the days v^hen the
telephone was just starting to
become something that was
finding its way into more and
more homes I bet there was a
heck of a lot of media excitement
about that, wouid you have
complained then?
No t doubt it because you
wouid say that the telephone
changed the vi/ay we live. So witt
the Internet. Let's take a look at
a few/ facts, shaii we. In just 10
years the internet has seen its
user base increase from 5,000
to over 30 million - that's a
growth of 6O00 per cent. An
estimated one million people are
hooking up to the Internet for the
first time every single month.
Electronic Mail is now a way
of life to thousands of
businesses and individuals, for
example most of the articles you
see in this copy of Amiga
Shopper will have been sent
from the homes of freelancers,
across the Internet, using email.
More and more companies
are realising the opportunities
that exist within the Internet,
shareware registration
and disthbutlon, technical
support, software upgrades,
marketing, distribution, and
that's just the start.
Already you can rent a car
using the World Wide Web to
take care of all the
arrangements, get quotes from
the financial markets, take care
of your bank account, listen to
previews of new records, read
the news headlines, get a
satellite map of the current
weather anywhere in the world,
talk to old friends and make new
ones anywhere in the world.
"Oh do me a favour," I hear
you say, "I can make friends by
going to the pub". Well sure you
can, but would you wander Into
the Dog and Duck carrying a
dozen signs that said "t like fast
cars', "I support Millwall", "I
paint gerbils red in my spare
time" and so on? Of course you
wouldn't, but using the Internet
you can declare your interest in
such matters by joining a Usenet
Newsgroup or a forum where
everyone will share those
interests, where everyone will
have something to say on the
matter. Think of the time you can
save in finding friends with
mutual interests.
You may well be fed up with
hearing about the Internet. ! can
live with that. So stop hearing
about it, stop reading about, and
start using it. If you don't you
may find that you are becoming
as left behind as someone who
has had their rigtit buttock
removed! Unless you think that
the telephone was a really bad
idea and the world would be so
much better off without it, give
the internet a try. You may just
be very pleasantly surprised.
Davey Winder is the author of
"Internet, Modems, And The
Whole Comms Thing" and 'All
You Need To Know About The
Internet" (call « 0225 822 511
to order your copies) and can be
contacted by E-mail at
dwindera@cix.com pul ink.co.uk
'Vnkss you think that the
telephone was a really bad
idea and the world would he
much better off without it, give
the Internet a try. You may just
be very pleasantly surprised/'
Graeme Sandiford sniggers at the expense of PC-ov^ners
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ^ f ttuttt, le ntiD thins I Hieiiifo comDuter graphics software. mef
'The great thing is that we
can snigger at the price PC-
owners will pay for the
products we've enjoyed on
the Amiga for years/'
If there Is one thing I dislike
about my Job, it's having to
go to London every now
again - don't take It personally,
but I hate London. However, last
month I was actually looking
forward to travelling up to 'The
Smoke'. I went to the Computer
Graf^ics Expo to evaluate the,
forgive the sad pun, state-of-the-
art In computer graphics.
To be quite honest I was a
little disappointed. I expected to
spend the day standing in a pool
of saliva, mumbling wow! every
now and then and thinking of
ways in which to raise the
necessary dosh to buy an SGI -
such as taking out a mortgage or
feigning my death to collect my
life assurance payment. In fact,
as things turned out, it was a
rather small and uninspirational
show. There had been relatively
few advancements made in
computer graphics software.
I dutifully made a brief trip
around the stalls, collecting
magazines and sales brochures
as I went. Much to my surprise, I
did find something of interest - a
couple of Amigas. That, in itself,
was not much of a surprise - the
unusual factor was that they
were both running alongside PCs.
In fact they were running the
same software - no don't worry
it wasn't boring PC software, but
a couple of Amiga-originated
products. Both Activa and DPS
had stands exhibiting Real 3D
and the PAR card respectively.
Blinking typical, I thought,
first Lightwave is due for release
on the PC and SGI and now this!
After repressing the urge to
curse them and their offspring
and call them traitors to their
face, I decided that this was
actually not a bad thing at all. 1
mean, it's not as if they had
deserted the Amiga - after all
both companies will continue to
develop and support their
products for the Amiga.
It makes financial sense for
the companies involved - if
there's an opportunity to expand
their market, they should do so.
It will generate more revenue for
them and aid the development of
their products for the Amiga as
well as other platforms.
However, these products are
just not the same as their
original versions, simply because
Windows is not an adequate
replacement for Workbench. The
great thing about It is that we get
a chance to snigger at the price
PC-owners have to pay for the
same products we've enjoyed on
the Amiga for years - it just goes
to show what a great development
platform the Amiga is!
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
36 THE AMIGA SHOPPER AWARDS
The Amiga Shopper Awards
Have your say on
the best Amiga
products of all
time and vWn a
£400 voucher.
Protext scored a stonking 93% In our review in issue 43,
but which is your favourite word processor?
sponsored by
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harwood
There Is no doubt that there are a vast
number of innovative, exctting and unusual
products available for the Amiga. Everytiiing
from PD Image processing programs to Immensely
powerful accelerator cards can be found out there
somewhere.
Here at Amiga Shopper we hate to see all of
that inventiveness going unrewarded, so we have
decided to recognise the efforts of the people v^ho
design, buiid and market these products by setting
up a whole new concept: The Amiga Shopper Star
Performer Awards. These wfill recognise the efforts
of the great and the good in the Amiga world, be
they a PD programmer or a company pioneering the
cutting edge of Amiga technology.
And who better is there to pick the products
v^hich should receive these awards than you - the
Amiga Shopper reader and devoted serious Amiga
user? So, all you have to do is to pick the programs
or products in the various categories below, and
we'll tally the votes to find out what you, the
serious Amiga user think is the best product
available in each of the categories.
So what sort of thing could you vote for? Well,
just sit down and think about all the Amiga stuff
that you have. Which DTP program do you use the
most? Which piece of video hardware has made
your latest extravaganza easier to make? All you
need to do is write the name of the product in the
space on the form in these pages and send it in to
the address that follows.
You don't have to vote in all of the categories,
so just leave the 3D programs one blank if you
haven't used any 3D programs. The products you
nominate don't have to be new ones - if you've
been using a product for several years and it's
been incredibly reliable, then why not nominate it In
one of the hardware categories. After all, reliability
is important too,,.
Don't forget that we are also looking for the
best PD programs. Has the PD version of the
networking software TCP/IP made your life easier?
What about the PD image processing program
Image Studio? Would you vote for this as the PD
utility program of the year?
There is also a special bonus category: Amiga
Person of the year 1994. If you think there is one
person on the Amiga scene who has done more
than any other to push the Amiga forward,
nominate them here. It could be a PD programmer,
it could be a hardware designer, animation
designer, or even somebody who wrote a book that
you've found incredibly useful. It could even be
somebody you know who has used an Amiga in a
strange or unusual way
And don't forget the final category - The
Editor's Special Award for innovative Amiga use.
This will be decided by the Editor of this magazine,
and will be awarded to the person who, in his
opinion, has made the most interesting or inventive
use of the Amiga. Please feel free to send in your
suggestions for this category.
In order to make it worth you while sending in
your entries, we've got together with noted Amiga
dealers Gordon Harwood Computers to offer you a
quite stonking prize. One person will be the lucky
winner of a £400 voucher, which they can spend on
any product sold by Harwood 's. You could buy
yourself a new Hard Drive, or get hold of a modem
and video digitiser without having to spend a penny!
You could even get your Amiga moving by fitting an
accelerator! If you don't vote, you can't win...
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
THE AMIGA SHOPPER AWARDS 37
The Amiga Shopper Awards ^
injii^;U'l;^'ilD
Your Names
Your Address!
SOFTWARE
DTP/WP Programs
3D Programs
Animation Programs
Image Processing Programs
Business Softwore
Video Software
PD/ shareware Utilities
PD/share^rare Animations
CD-ROMs
HARDWARB
Printers
Atxelerator/RAM card
L
Scanners
Modems
CD-ROM Drives
Hard Drives (& Interfaces)
Video Hardvfare
SPECIAL
Amiga Person of the year 1994
Details of all entrants will be supplied to the sponsors
of these awards. If you do not wish to receive any
further information from fhem, please tick the
following box, Q
Just cut out (or photocopy) this form, and send it to
the usual address:
Amiga Shopper Awards
Future Publishing
30 Monmouth St
Bath
Avon
BAl 2BW
AHernaHvetyf you can E-mail your entries to:
Awards@Amshop.demon.co.uk (Internet)
2:2502/129.1 (Fidonet)
Please, only one entry per person. The closing date
for the awards is Tuesday, January 31, 1995. All the
usual competition condifions apply.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
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40 READER INTERVIEW
Amiga Shopper has been my home and
castle (figuiatively speaking - we
actually reside In an office the size of a
first class stamp) for nearly a year now and I am
still amazed by the sheer enthusiasm and loyalty
oozing out of ali the telephone calls and letters
we get from Amiga fans. Such devoted
enthusiasm deserves more space In the
magazine, I thought, and decided to And myself
an Amiga addict to grill.
Luckily, I didn't have to look much further than
my own back garden (turn of phrase again - we
are lucky to have a window, let alone a garden) to
find what I was looking for. Gavin Shelley lives and
works in Bath and even went to Bath University
where he used Amigas frequently... and he is a
true Amiga buff! What more could I ask for?
You did Software Teehnotogy at Bath University
and are now a Destffier/Proffammer with IPL in
Batlt. Do you feel tiiat you liave aehiavad what
you alm»d for?
Weii... not really. Basically, I want to do computer
graphics/special effects in the computing industry.
As it were, there was a software company in Bath
that pays me lots of money and gives me some
industrial experience, if not exactly what I want to
do. I will do this for a while and then try to find
something more specifically graphics-based -
something to do with animations, video graphics,
special effects... that sort of thing.
Would you rather produce the packages to be
creative with, than be 'artistic' yourself?
I'd like to be the creative, artistic person, but
unfortunately I'm not, so I'll settle with writing the
software for people to be creative with.
To wt}at extent do you think creativity and
artistic flair Is of Importance in creating
computer graphics?
You can sit there with Imagine 3, Lightwave, or a
leader Hot Seat
Name:
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Amiga set-up:
Gavin Shelley
22 July 1972
Maidenhead
i have an A1200 with 80Mb
Hard Disk at present, but i'm just about to buy
an A4000/030, a CD-ROM drive and a modem.
Profession: Designer/Programmer with iPL
Education: Desborough Secondary School
A levels: Maths, Furtlior Maths,
Physics. Cliemisiry (A. B. B. C)
University; Bath University - (BSc)
Computer Software Technology
Hobbies: Films, videos, bowling.
graphics (on the Amiga, of course).
Close Encounter
- an investigathn inia Amiga addkiian
Have you ever wondered whaf turns a
seemingly sensible man or yvoman into a crazed
Amiga addict? Well^ our Production Editor,
Anna Grenstam, decided to find out for herself.
similar package and absolutely anyone can create
an amazing flying logo, but to do something truly
stylish you definitely need some creativity.
For example, I was a student volunteer at
SIGGRAPH, a special interest group on graphics, at
the yearly massive conference organised by ACM
(Association of Computing Machinery) in the
States, 30,000 delegates go to this conference -
it's the Computer Graphics Show of the world -
and in ali the adverts for graphics jobs it said: "No
flying logos, please". As I said, anybody can do
flying logos, but to do something else does require
a lot of creativity.
Did you do any graphics projects at university?
I did a final year project which was a morphing
program and I was very pleased to find that it
actually worked. It would have been nice to do a
PhD In graphics or animation, but I just didn't get
off my rear end to sort that out, I still think about
it when work gets really boring, but i think I've got
used to the money now and to go back to being a
student for three or four years would be hard.
If it was handed to me on a plate and I didn't
have to go and search for one, I probably would.
As it is at the moment 1 think I'll try to achieve my
goals in the job-line and not the research-line.
What are your plans for the Immediate future?
What I'm hoping to do is buy a nice big A3000 or
A4000/030 and actually do something with that.
I'd like to do some graphics programming to have
something more concrete to show, and that,
combined with my industrial experience, should
hopefully get me where 1 want.
Have you always been Irrterested In computers?
1 started off with a VIC20 and I stayed with
Commodore all the way from a 64 and a 128 to
my A1200 today. My interest in computers was
definitely there from an early age, but it wasn't the
only thing I did. It was very much a summer and
winter thing. Football in summer and in winter I
played with my computer - mainly games of course.
What made you interested In the more serious
side of your Amiga?
I think it was a friend 1 had in Maidenhead, Stuart,
who was a really good computer artist. He was
one of the first ones to have an Amiga, a 1000 1
think it was, and a digitiser. We spent a great
couple of days at school going around taking
photographs of all our teachers - we then took
them back, Stuart digitised them and produced
short videos with all the teachers' heads in.
We also put the heads In little cartoons and
that was just so amazing. I Just used to srt there
and watch him in total amazement. I'm not that
artistic and creative, but 1 certainly appreciate it
when 1 see people who are. My creativity usually
stretches to sit with DPaint and have a play. That
was, anyway, when I started getting interested in
graphics and realised what the Amiga could do.
Why did you choose an Amiga rather than any
other computer?
Hmm, well, 1 don't really like to talk about this,,, I
had an Atari ST for a while, but when I saw what
Stuart, my friend and 'Amiga mentor' could do on
his Amiga, 1 realised what 1 was losing out on.
Also, at that time, 1 was mainly interested in
games and the early Amiga games were so
incredibly superior to anything I had ever seen -
Defender of the Crown, Marble Madness and Rre
Power - they were Just so good.
What were your Hret serious Amiga projects?
I got DPaint 2 with my Amiga and started copying
cartoons and playing around with graphics - that
was really the first more 'serious' things 1 did.
What would your dream Amiga set-up be?
I'm basically waiting for Commodore to sort
themselves out. Once I know what is happening,
I'll buy an A4000/030, put a CD-ROM drive in it,
buy a modem and get 'interneted' again - that's
what I rea//y want to do-
Have you got any Amiga 'Hero' or 'Heroine'?
1 don't think I have one individual hero, but 1 really
like Cine ma Ware, the company who produced
Defender of the Crown, Rocket Ranger and They
Came From the Desert - 1 like their style of graphics.
What do you think about the Internet?
I'm a definite fan and believer in the Internet- it
was great having at university and one of the first
things I'll do when I get a "big box" is to buy a
nice modem and get connected.
What's so great about it?
Information, basically! Keeping up-to-date with the
latest information on a multitude of subjects.
When 1 sat down to write my final year project 1
thought, "hmm, morphing - there aren't any books
about it. Where can l find some information? Ah,
yes, the Internet", It really is greatl
Have you ever tieen a member of a User Group?
No, I haven't actually, 1 have thou^t about joining
one when reading about them in different Amiga
magazines. However, I've always known a lot of
people with Amigas to swop information with.
Have you ever managed to persuade anyone else
that the Amiga Is a great machine?
When I went to Bath University, 1 persuaded the
student television there to use Amigas instead of
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the Archimedes they had. "You don't want to use
an Archimedes, you want an Amiga." For the first
year I used my own Amiga, doing aii their graphics,
titles, intros, credits and anything they wanted
done on a computer, really.
So, wme they convinced after that then?
Bath University bought my computer off me when
they were convinced that it was the best computer
for the job. Then they bought two A1200s and the
following year they expanded on that - one has
now got a nice 030 board and 10Mb of memory in
it and the other one has just got iots of memory.
One is now the production machine, which is
the rendering engine - it sits there with Imagine 3
rendering ail night. They've also got a 6Mb 1200
which controls a Panasonic Professional Video
Deck with Scala for the close circuit television
network around the campus.
Have you ever done anything that you are
particularly proud of, to do with Amigaa?
Well, again, that must be converting the Station
Manager for the television network at Bath
University, who was very much an Archimedes fan.
it took about a year before he finally admitted that
Amigas were better and wanted to buy some.
What did you actually do, or say, to convert him?
It was a case of showing him what it could do and
how easily it could do it. Most of the stuff they do
up there is video-based - we had an old Rendaie
Genlock and it was Just the ease of plugging it aii
in; everything worked so well. All the hassle that
they used to have vanished over night! Also, we
were just up to DPaint 3 then and that was just
such a good piece of software. If you know how to
use it well, you can do so much more than just
animation and graphics stuff.
What software do you use and what software
would you like to use, given the opportunity?
I bought Imagine 3 through the special offer in
Amiga Format and that is very nice, if somewhat
slow. I would love to play around with Real 3D 2
with all its particle systems, dynamics and stuff.
Particle systems are really greati I would like to
play around with Lightwave and Aladdin 4D as
well, but ttiey are in a different league really. Scala
is another amazing piece of software - it does just
about anything that the university wants. It's also
so easy to use for all the first year students.
Scala, DPaint and imagine are the main
packages they use at Bath University - and
background generators of course. They've also got
VistaPro, which Is very nice for backgrounds.
Unfortunately, they are on a very limited budget, or
I'm sure they would try a lot of other software.
Do you think Amiga software 1$ too pricey?
Definitely not compared to other PC software. For
equivalent packages they are excellent value - but
is still a fair bit of money if you haven't got it.
What about the hardware?
Well £300 for a basic machine, which you can do
so much with, I think is very good. If you start
heading towards the A4000s, put in extra memory
and start expanding those, then you start getting
a rather pricey machine. Then, on the other hand,
you'll have to add so many sound boards and
graphics boards to PCs.
Have you ever considered swopping your Amiga
ft»r another machine?
No, I don't think so. I like its graphics capabilities
and when I get my A4000 1 will hopefully be able
to put some sort of Unix on it, so I can have Unix
and X Windows, as well as an Amiga, i would
r)ever go for a PC because they are just so
expensive. To get what I want would cost a
fortune... and I rather have an Amiga basically.
What particular features of Oie Amiga would you
highllgttt to convert a die4>ard PC owner?
It's very difficult to convert PC owners, because
they see ail these fast 486s running all these nice
CD-ROM games in Dixons. They do look good, but
PCs really aren't worth it - they are just so
unreliable. They are horrible, because so many
things get plugged in and some things don't work
with other things. It's lovely to just have one box
which you can plug into a television if you wish.
The scrolling is another great asset of the Amiga -
PCs just can't scroll things as smoothly as the
Amiga can - no matter what Chip you put in it.
What Amiga project would you do If you could do
anything, ahsolutety nothing stopping you?
It would have to be two projects: one really nice
game, some type of textured, flight sim-type game;
and I'd also write a Softimage-type software -
some nice particle system, inverse kinematics-
type software.
What's your greatest Amiga feat?
I finished Beast 1... yes, yes I know it's a game!
Well, again it has to be converting Bath University
to the glory of Amigas really. NASTA (National
Student Television Association) have a conference
with various competitions every year.
Last Easter, we went up to Birmingham for a
competition, entered a compilation of all our
snazzy computer graphics produced on the Amigas
"All the other student
television networks were
sitting there with their awfully
slow Archimedes f PCs or STs
and we were in a totally
different class with our Amigas
- there was just no
competition*
fi
and we won! All the other students' te lew si on
networks were sitting there with their awfully slow
Archimedes, PCs or STs and we were in a totally
different class with our Amigas - there was just no
competition. That was a really good moment,
because it really showed everybody what the
Amiga can do.
Were you the only university at the NASTA
conference using an Amiga?
Yes, I think we were. Other universities have them,
but 1 think they just don't know what to do with
them, or have old 500s that perhaps can't cope
with what they want to do. We got our 1200s very
early actually - we entered Commodore's
Development Program as we had some plans to
develop some software, but then Scala came
along and did it all for us, so there was no need.
Could you use the Amiga In your present J(^?
Well... no - in a working environment I have to
say C, Unix and X Windows are much nicer than
an Amiga or PC with Windows, it does depend on
what sort of software you develop, however. At
IPL, where I work at the moment, we just use
terminals off the big servers and you can do
anything with that - Amigas probably could be
connected up but they just vimuldn't be
mainstream enough.
What's the Amiga's major down-fall, In your opinhn?
What, apart from Commodore? I think It's got to
be marketing. It's got to be the fact that Dixons sit
there and sell ten different types of PCs, so that
when parents go into the shop they'll buy one of
those Instead. How can they consider an Amiga
when they'll probably never heard of one?
Well you see, when it comes to your average
family, who have no real Interest in computers -
who aren't real fans or enthusiasts - then a PC Is
probably best at the moment. So many more
shops can help them, tell them about it and offer
after-sales support. There Is bound to be more
friends and acquaintances they can talk to and get
help from with a PC.
What about the Amiga's greatest assets?
NewTek and the Video Toasterl There's an awrful
lot of software houses that still write some truly
brilliant programs for the Amiga - programs that
would not have seemed possible a year ago.
What would you do If you could tmy out
Commodore and take over tomorrow?
Get the machines back in the shops and get the
software companies who are warily sitting there
on the fence, producing for the Amiga again.
Software is so important for a machine and you
really have to help software companies, give them
information and support their efforts to produce
new exciting programs. CQ
ARE YOU INTERESTING?
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interesting manner for that matter? If so, we
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Bugs
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CD-ROMs
48
Clipboard
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Compugraphic Fonts45
Construction
48
Cross Dos
45
Fonts
47
MMU
46
Pagesetter 3
45
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Tape Streamers
47
Video Backup
47
Viper Board
46
VMM
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PROBIEM!
Graeme knovm It ail... neaiiyt
ello and welcome once again, to the area of
Amiga Sfioppef where you can turn to flnd all ttie
answers to questions concerning your Amiga. It's
my privilege, as Amiga Shopper's technical writer, to
mak« sure that not orte of your problems Is left unsolved.
Don't worry, we can help - no matter how simple or
complex they may be. At Amiga Shopper we want you to
get the very best out of your Amiga. Tliat's why we
devote more space than eny other magazine to this
Indispensable service, so please make the rrK>st of It and
keep your questions coming In. We'll do my very best to
find a solution to alt yotif problems.
Don't worry if you come across any unfamiliar terms,
just turn to one of our jargon-busting boxes to receive an
explanation. The problems are put in a wide context for
everybody's benefit. The index on the previous page is your
guide to the topics covered this month.
By now, you are probably familiar with our team of
Amiga experts. Mark Smiddy knows aii there is to know
about AmigaDOS and floppy drives, Jeff Walker is our
desktop publishing, fonts and printer correspondent. Gary
Whiteley, is a trusted expert on video applications and
graphics. If you have a query about comms, we'll set our
communications guru Dave Winder on the case. Toby
Simpson is our code clinician. If you've got problems with
anything from C to assembler, try taxing his iitlJe grey cells.
Rnally, we've got a man you can rely on when it comes to
operating systems programming - Paul Ovetaa.
CROSSDOS PROBLEMS
- I cannot get CrossDOS to run
despite having tried both of the ways
described in the Workbench 2.1
manual. No matter what I do I still
only see one Icon and CrossDOS
refuses to reco^lse PC formatted disks?
Stephen Halliday
IngletHirn, New South Wales
Australia
Once CrossDOS is up and running, and a PC disk
inserted in your Amiga, you should certainly see
two icons. The fact that you do not suggests to me
that CrossDOS just isn't starting up property. One
possibili^ that I happen to know produces failures
that do not always result In any obvious error
messages concerns something called the mfm
device which CrossDOS uses this to do all direct
MS DOS track read /write operations.
My guess is that either the mfm device isn't in
the Devs directory at all, or that the assigned
Oev§; directory is not accessible at the time you
activate CrossDOS. Another, admittedly less likely
possibility, would be a snag caused by a wrong
devs: assignment but my money is on one of the
first two causes.
If, incidentally, you find that the mfm device
isn't in your day-to-day Workbench copy devs:
directory, all you have to do is copy it from your
original Workbench disks. Paul
UVING WITH miGESCrrER3
AND COMPUGRAPHIC FONTS
I was overjoyed when I saw Jeffs
recent description of how to get
Compugraphic fonts to work with
PageSetter. However my joy was
short- lived when I found that it
applied only to PageSetter II. Please could you
supply similar Instructions for us PageSetter'
users as I would love to be able to make use of
the fonts on your cover disks and the Amiga
Format subscriber disks. I have an ASOO+ with
t«vo floppy drives.
Clyde Bish
Ciyst 5t Mary, Devon
I can only use the one
Compugraphic font (CGTImes) In
PageSetter' because I cannot get
tlie program to "find" my other
Compugraphic fonts. These are
w
DTP
contained In a drawer on the Workbench partition
of my Hard Drive. I have used the Intellifont
system to Install them from the Amiga Shopper
cover disks. Jeff did an Idiot's guide to Installing
Compugraphic fonts for PageSetter II, could he
do a follow-up piece for PageSetter^ please? I
have an A1200.
Richard I 'Anson
Haxby, Yorks
Richard, I'll get to Hard Drive stuff in a moment,
but first let me prepare the ground by dealing with
the root cause of Clyde's floppy problem.
Gold Disk's floppy set-up procedure for
PageSetter' is atrocious, and I do not use the
word lightly. At the time PageSetter^ was released
there were four different versions of Workbench In
popular use (now there are five!) and each version
of Workbench requires a different set-up for
floppies because the disk structure of each
version of Workbench is very different.
Gold Disk opted for the lazy solution, they did
just enough to enable floppy users of all
persuasions to get it running, leaving
Inexperienced users - the very users PageSetter"
Is aimed at - high and dry when it came to setting
any standard Workbench preferences and using
anything other than the supplied bitmap fonts and
single CGTimes Compugraphic font.
I have spent a lot of time attempting to work
out how to organise PageSetter" on floppies for
the various versions of Workbench. It's absolute
murder. Unacceptable compromises have to made
in all cases, and I have now given up the ghost. I
don't know how anyone manages to do anything
much with PageSetter^ when running it from
floppies. The bottom line - and the same is true of
much modern Amiga software, never mind what it
says on the box - is that PageSetter* is really too
big a package to run properly from floppy.
Luckily, organising extra Compugraphic font
disks for use with PageSetter* Is not too bad. Rrst
make a duplicate of the PSTonts disk and make
sure the duplicate is named PS'Fonts, just like the
original. As is stands there is very little space free
on this disk, so to add Compugraphic fonts to the
system we first have to make some room. It is
unlikely that you will want to use the bitmap fonts
on that disk (because they produce horribly jaggy
output), so let's delete them.
Use a directory manager to enter the
PS"Fonts:Fonts drawer (on the duplicate) and
delete all the drawers and files in that Fonts
drawer, but do not delete the Fonts drawer itself. If
you don't own a directory manager then use the
following AmigaDos command (the superscript 3
character Is typed by holding down the Alt key and
pressing the 3 key):
Delete P33Foata!FontB/#7 ALL
That will create over 400k of free space. If you
need more space, then you may delete the article
editor and its support files, but keep in mind that
you will not then be able to use the article editor
when using this PS'Fonts disk with PageSetter^.
The files that need deleting to clear the article
editor are: AE and AE.lnfo (the article editor itself);
TransSpell and TransSpell.info (the spelling
checker); and pfsf6b90k (the dictionary). You can
also delete the disk. info file. Clearing out the
PS^Fonts: Fonts drawer and article editor will create
over TOOK of free space on the PS'Fonts disk.
OK, so far so good. Clyde, I'll get to actually
installing new Compugraphic fonts shortly, but as
this is essentially the same procedure for both you
and Richard, I'll first explain how PageSetter'
works when running from a Hard Drive. A lot of
what follows, Clyde, you may still find of use even
though you don't own a Hard Drive.
When you install PageSetter" using the
Hard_DriveJnstallation Icon on the PS'lnstall
disk, you are first asked which parts of the
package you want to install, then various
questions concerning where exactly you would like
those parts to be installed.
First it asks where the PageSetter" program
should be Installed. Using the Show Drives gadget
if necessary, you first select a device (or partition
If you prefer that term). You may then select a
drawer that already exists on this device ~ a
drawer named DTP, say. Alternatively you may use
the Make New Drawer gadget to create a new
drawer - a drawer named PS", say.
The PageSetter" program will be copied directly
Into the device or drawer you select. In other
words. It will not first create Its own drawer and
then install PageSetter" into that drawer. So for the
purposes of this example, let's say your device is
named Work and you have created a new drawer
called PS", so that PageSetter' will be installed to
Work:PSVPageSetter ~ PageSetter being the
name of the executable program file, PS" being the
name of the drawer it is in. Work being the name
of the device.
Next you are asked where to install the FAIS
Loader. The Installation program suggests
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Work:PS', and this will do just fine. Now it wants to
know where the Compugraphic fonts should go,
and again the installation program suggests
Work: PS'. This we want to change because we
want to keep our PageSetter^ Compugraphic fonts
separate from all the other bits and pieces.
So we select the Make New Drawer gadget
and call our new drawer CGFonts. (Caii it
something eise if you prefer, it's totally up to you.)
At this point the installation program informs you
that it wants to add an assign to your s:startup-
sequence and requests your permission to
proceed, which you gladty give. (In actuai fact it will
add the assign to the s;user-startup file.) The lines
it adds will look iike this:
fSBGIH PageSetter
AsBign CGFonts: "MorktPSS/CGPontB"
;BHI) PasjaSetter
The first and third lines are just comments, the
important one is line 2. Parts of PageSetter^ will
automatically look in the CGFonts: logical device,
and only in the CGFonts: logical device, for certain
files. If at some later stage you decide to move
the PS' drawer somewhere else (or rename it),
then in the user-startup CGFonts: will still be
"pointing" at Work:PSVCGFonts, which drawer may
not now exist, so certain parts of PageSetter^ will
fail - not crash or report an error necessarily, but
some options may simply not work properly. So if
you move or rename the PS' drawer, make sure
you adjust the path (the bit between quotes) in the
PageSetter' assign in the s:user-startup file to
reflect the new pa* to the CGFonts drawer.
Back to the installation. Next you are asked
where the article editor, graphics editor, tutorial
files, font manager and clip art should go. By all
means make new drawers for the tutorial flies and
clip art - anywhere you like - but I recommend you
accept the installation program's suggested
locations for the article editor (in the Work:PSV
CGFonts drawer, for some strange reason), and
the graphics editor and font manager {in Work:PS').
Several new drawers are created automatically
In the Work:PS' drawer, and several files are
automatically installed to these new drawers.
Apart from swapping disks, it's all automatic from
here on in, but something important is happening
behind the scenes.
Every time a new drawer is automatically
created and the relevant files are installed into it,
an "initialisation" file named PageSetter.INI is
updated and written into the SYS:S drawer (or the
S: logical device, to put it another way). This file
contains the paths to various parts of the
PageSetter* system, as installed by the
installation program. For this example the file
would look like this:
pa Work: PS 3 /Data
PD WorfLsPBS
PP Work: pas
TP work !PS3 /filters
PUT Work:PS3/arB
WB Work : PS 3 /CSFOnt s
»E work i PS 3 /CGPont B
Upon running PageSetter', this file is read by the
program so that it knows where the various bits
and bobs are. (Clyde, you'll find this file in the
root directory of your PS^Page disk because the
floppy startuosequence on PS'Page assigns S: to
that path.) For example, the path after TF is
where the text Alters have been installed, the
patfi after PNT is where the graphics editor has
been installed.
Very importantly, the path after FE is where the
"font engine" has been installed, which is various
system files specific to PageSetter', and these are
kept in the same drawer as the Compugraphic
fonts. If you look in your Work: PS'/CG Fonts
drawer (PS'Fonts:CGFohts for Clyde) you'll see files
like if.ss, if.fnt, cg.chardata, and others, as well
as the ' fontname.dat", "fontname.metric" and
"fontname.lib" files of the Compugraphic fonts
themselves.
As with the assign eanier on, if you later move
the PS' drawer somewhere else (or rename it) you
should adjust the paths in the S:PageSetter.lNl file
accordingly. It is a plain ASCII text file that can be
edited with any te>tt editor, or with the AmigaDOS
Ed command.
Now then. Installing new fonts. For PostScript
(Adobe) Type 1 fonts this is easy. You simply run
the font manager program, select the Type 1 font's
PFB file in the left-hand window and hit the gadget
at top left (the bit of paper pointing at the other bit
of paper - it probably made perfect sense to the
programmer). The font will then be converted from
PostScript Type 1 format to Compugraphic format
and saved to the CGFonts: logical device
(Work:PSVCGFonts in our Hard Drive example,
PS'Fonts:CGFonts for Clyde and his floppies).
However, to install a Type 1 font you must
have both the PFB file and the AFM file for that
font - PFB and AFM being the filename extensions
of the flies; they stand for Printer Font Binary
(that's the actual font description) and Adobe Font
Metrics (the character spacing and kerning
information). If you've got the PFB but not the
AFM, then you are stuffed as far as the
PageSetter" font manager is concerned. Either
contact a font vendor or buy TypeSmith.
To install Compugraphic fonts you simply copy
- using the standard AmigaDos Copy command or
by dragging icons or with a directory manager, but
not with the Workbench Intellifont program - simply
copy the "fontname.dat", "fontname.metnc" and
"fontname.lib" files into the CGFonts: logical
device. (The CGFonts drawer on your PS' Fonts
disk, Clyde.) Each Compugraphic font comprises
the three files with those filename extensions; two
out of three isn't good enough, you must have all
three in the CGFonts: logical device else
PageStream^ will not be able to use them. And
here comes the problem.
As well as the three font files for each
Compugraphic font being in CGFonts:, one of the
"font engine' system files (if.fnt) needs to be
updated to include the names of the newly added
fonts. The font manager program does this after
converting from PostScnpt Type 1 to
Compugraphic format, but the font manager
cannot be used to install Compugraphic fonts.
Gold Disk wrote a program named CG_Update
Temporary clipboard Files can tie stored as IFF
ffles when a program terminates. It's possible to
view the contents of these using the AmigaDOS
Type command with the opt h optloni
which updates the if.fnt file according to the
Compugraphic fonts it finds in the CGFonts: logical
device, but it wasn't included with PageSetter'. (At
least it wasn't with mine.) If the if.fnt file Is not
updated, PageSetter' cannot use the newly added
Compugraphic fonts. CG_Update is a copyrighted
Gold Disk program, but I think you'll find that some
PD libraries and font vendors have obtained
permission to include it on their disks.
Once you've got hold of CG_tJpdate, all you
have to do is double click that icon after copying
the three font files for each new Compugraphic
font into the CGFonts: logical device. This will
update the if.fnt file, and PageSetter^ will now be
able to use the new fonts - although you'll have to
quit and restart PageSetter' if you've got it running
at the time because the program only reads the
contents of CGFonts: once upon loading. (Once
upon loading there were three little bears... but
that's another story).
You may have gathered from all this that
PageSetter' does not use the Workbench
Compugraphic font system, it employs its own
proprietary system, so if you want to install a
Compugraphic font for Workbench as well as for
PageSetter^ you'll have to do the above and then
use the Workbench Intellifont program to install it
for use with Workbench and programs that use the
Workbench Compugraphic font system. Yup,
Richard, this means you have to install and store
the same font twice on your Hard Drive.
And Clyde, you are limited to however many
Compugraphic fonts you can fit on to a single
PS'Fonts disk, which will be up to about seven or
eight depending on the size of the fonts, so you'll
have to organise different PS'Fonts disks for
different jobs. Because of the way Page Setter'
works there is no way to simply stick a new
PS'Fonts disk in a drive while PageSetter* is
running and load a new font; all the fonts you
require must be on the first PS'Fonts disk you
stick in a drive after running Page Setter'. Jeff
UNSUCCESSFUL VMM
Having received Issue 44 of AS, I
looked forward to using VMM, as I
have an MMU Installed. After
unpacking to RAM, I tried to run
install VMM, only to get the
message "unable to open your tool 'Installer'". I
tried various assigns without any success. All
Commodore Installer programs on other disks
seem to work satisfactorily.
My configuration is as follows: a 1200 with a
340Mb Hard Drive, a Viper 28MHz 030 and MMU
accelerator with 4Mb of RAM fitted.
When I checked the MMU with Syslnfo, It said
It was not in use. Having no previous knowledge
of MMU systems, does this mean that the
installation actually turns the MMU on. Hoping
you can shed light on the subject, as VMM
appears to be a gfeat allemative to GIgamem.
Ralph Smith
Liverpool
Before I answer your question about VMM, let me
congratulate you on your choice of the Viper board.
MMUs are designed to work in the background and
only leap into action when needed. Your board is
more than capable of running the excellent VMM.
Back to your first question, I suspect that the
programs that have already installed themselves
successfully on your system may have Installer on
their installation disk. The VMM installation script
looks for Installer in your C: directory. You can tell
this by selecting the InstallVMM icon and pressing
SOFTWARE
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AMIGA ANSWERS 47
right-Amiga <i>. This will bring up the icon's
information, including its default tool, in this case
Installer. To remedy your problem, you can either
copy installer to your C: directory or change the
default tool. For example, if your copy of installer
is located in your Workbench tools directory you
would change your default tool to:
Worlcljench : tools /Installer
This problem is often encountered when trying
to view a text or image file by double<:licking. It
can be solved In the same way, If you don't have
the default viewer, change the default tool to a
program that supports that same file type which
you have already installed in your system. Graeme
EMPTY RAM DIRiCTORIES
Can you please clear up this mystery
for me. i understartd about the
purpose of the RAM disk's Env
drawer, but why are the T and
Clipboard directories set up - they
always seem to be permanently empty?
Jim Wllklns
East Cowes, Isle of White
Tine RAIVI disk T directory is just a convenience
directory for applications wishing to write
temporary files and whether or not it gets used
depends on what applications programs you are
using. Programs actually write to the AmigaDOS
'logical device' T; but, since with a normal startup
sequence this is assigned to the directory ramiT,
the files usually end up being placed in ram:T.
When looking for these files two things that
need to be remembered: Rrstly, because an
application will not normally create icons for any
temporary files it produces, you will only see these
files by listing them from the shell (or using the
'Show All RIes' option available on the more
recent Workbenches).
Secondly, well behaved applications programs
will delete all their temporary files before they
terminate, so in order to see them at all you need
to look for any files before you quit the program.
The RAM disk Clipboard draw is another
convenience directory and. as the name suggests,
this one is used to store clipboard data. Usually a
program's clipboard material will be handled via
nnemory areas controlled by the clipboard device.
If however the clipboard device is closed whilst
there is still valid clip data present then the
clipboard device will write that clip data to a file
storing it in the directory assigned to CLIP:
{another AmigaDOS logical device name). CLIP::,
as you've now probably guessed, is conventionally
assigned to the RAM disk Clipboard directory.
To see this directory in action try this
experiment: Open an application that supports
clipboard cut&paste operations (such as a text
editor or paint program). Create some data, copy it
to the clipboard and then quit the program. You
ought to then find an IFF file representing your clip
in the ram:Clipboard drawer! Paul
BBS BACKING
1 am In desperate need of an answer
- please helpt
Being the sysop of a fairly popular
BBS, I need to do a fair bit of
backing up, to which t currently
use the Video Backup System. Now this Is fairly
good and a reliable source of backup, but net
exactly fast.
What i really want to use Is a 250Mb tape
streamer that runs via the parallel port on my
A1200. Do you know If there Is a parallel
streamer system for the A12007 The tape
streamer must be parallel and not via the
PCMCIA slot or expansion slot as both of these
are being used by my RAM and Zappo CD-ROM.
I know of systems on the PC that use the
parallel port, so I guess a PC streamer will work
on an Amiga, it will just require the correct
driver/mount to be utilised. Am I right?
PS. Are most other streamers SCSI?
if so would a Viper 030 witti SCSI adaptor do
the trick?
M. Tliiet
Beccles
Although Parallel port disks and tape streamers
are relatively common, I'm not aware of any such
system for the Amiga. The hardware should be
compatible, but I'm not aware of any software that
has been written to use it on the Amiga.
Anyway, I don't think a parallel port tape
streamer would be a lot faster than the VBS. You
should consider upgrading to version 3 of the
software, which increases the back-up speed to
around 130Mb per hour.
Using a SCSI tape streamer is possible, but
once again you will need the requisite software.
There are several PD programs available which will
work with a SCSI tape streamer (such as TAR or
BTNTape), or you could go for a commercial
program. The latest versions of both AmiBack and
Quarterback will happily work with tape streamer
devices. Although we haven't tested the Viper
SCSI unit yet, 1 can't see any reason why this
should not work with the software mentioned
above and a SCSI tape streamer. Richard
INTERESTING BUGS
I found the Bug Out feature very
interesting, though I was surprised
to spot an extra bug In the C
example you used, in addition to the
one you descrlt>ed in the article, the
llnetif (*strlng <= 'z' II *string >= *a') Is also
bugged - using logical OR rather than an AND
means that the test will always succeed.
As a follow-up article, how about a feature on
the various debugging tools available, since there
wasn't space to deal with them last time? Or
alternatively, tell us more about the source code
checking utilities that you mentioned. If nothing
else, it might give us some Ideas and enthusiasm
for writing our own.
Andy Stevens
Acklam, Middlesbrough
Weil spotted! Which just goes to prove what I said
about no program longer than a few lines can ever
possibly be guaranteed bug-free first time. This
was, out of interest, one of the worries about
Reagan's Star-Wars program. Millions of lines of
code which could never be fully tested would have
been expected to work first time. Hmm.
The line, of course, as you suggested should
have read;
i( ['Btrlng >= 'a' 66 'string <■= 'z') *string
- *BtriiiB - 0x20;
It is quite possible that there will be a follow-
up to the debugging article, and I will remember to
concentrate on how you can use tools to make the
job easier. As for the source code checking
utilities, I personally find them essential -
particularly for assembly language programs. You
can write a small C program that checks the
source line by line for mistakes. For example, you
might have a structure which you always use aO to
index it from, like this:
move.l lii_Naiae{aO),dO ,
If that was the case, a program could check
every instance of references within that structure
and warn you if you did not use AO. If you
document your code and routines well you can
have further fun, for example:
; >» Routine Header '
1 ConvertToUpperCaae
,' Inputs:
? aO String to be converted (HtJLL *
Terminated)
; Outputs !
; aO Points to converted string.
; Registers Corrupted:
, a0-al/d0/d4-d5
jConvertToUpperCase: code...
If you used this format for every function, you
could knock up a small program (in C or ARexx, for
example) which checked the registers corrupted
line and warned you if it corrupted other ones too.
There is a wide range of things like this you can
do, but they are all very specific to an Individual
project. Good luckl Toby
HARD DRIVE FONTING FOR
BEGINNERS
I have lots of good disks containing
fonts and pictures, which 1 use with
DeluxePaint IV and Scala MM200 on
my A1200. 1 want to place the fonts
within a drawer on my Hard Disk
(Workbench 6Mb, Work 120Mb), possibly called
Fonts, and call each disk say Fonts^isk-1, Fonts-
Dlsk-2 and so on. Basically, so that when the font
requester in DeluxePaint Is opened I can type In
the name of the disk and use the contents of
that disk to compose a title. Similarly with the
picture requester for a backdrop for the title.
My efforts so far have been unsuccessful. In
the case of fonts the DeluxePaint font requester
does not respond to my command - all I can get
is the fonts that are present within the
DeluxePaint program.
R Anscombe
Basingstoke, Hants
OK, firstly the fonts available from within
DeluxePaint will be all the fonts in the standard
FONTS: logical device, which will be the drawer
named Fonts on your Workbench partition. If the
fonts on your fonts disks are bitmapped fonts then
all you need do to make them available to
DeluxePaint (and any other program) is copy the
fonts drawers and associated " .font" files on your
disks into that Workbench: Fonts drawer.
However, as your Workbench boot partition Is
only 6Mb it will be better to install these fonts on
the Work partition because it is not a good idea to
use up all the space on your boot partition -just
in case some program wants to install some extra
libraries or whatever. So let's do it your way.
Rrst, create a new drawer on your Work
partition {open the Work disk icon and press
LeftAmiga-N) and name it Fonts. Open this new
Fonts drawer. Now put one of your fonts disks in a
drive. (Let's say it is called Fonts-Disk-1.) Drag the
Fonts-Disk-1 icon into the Font drawer. Yes, the
actual disk icon itself. This will automatically
create a new drawer called Fonts-Disk-1 (the name
of the disk) inside that Fonts drawer and then copy
the entire contents of the disk into this new Fonts-
Disk-1 drawer. Repeat this procedure for all the
fonts disks you want to copy on to the Hard Drive.
Now create a new drawer on your Work
partition and name it Graphics. Open this new
graphics drawer, put one of your picture disks in a
drive (we'll call it Pictures-1) and drag the Piotures-
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X icon into the Graphics drawer. A new drawer,
Pictures- 1, wiil be created inside the Graphics
drawer containing the full contents of the Pictures-
1 disk. Repeat this procedure for all the picture
disks you want to copy on to your Hard Drive.
Now comes the slightly tricky bit. Open a Shell
window and type:
Ed SstlBer-St&rtup
This will load a file named User-Startup from the
S: logical device (the WorkbenchrS drawer in your
case) into the Amiga's standard text editor. (If no
file called S:User-Startup exists, a fresh one will
be created and you will be staring at an empty
file.) Add the following lines to that file:
Aanlgn FontB-DiBk-1: WorlctFonta/FontB-Dlak-l
Assign FOQts-DlBk-2: MorkiFDnts/PontB-Dislc-Z
ABBign PlotuEea-l; workiGraphios/PictureB-l
Assign Plotures-2: Work:0raphicB/PlctureB-2
This example assumes you have copied just
two fonts disks and two picture disks on to your
Hard Drive as detailed above. If you have copied
more, then add more lines, changing the disk
names or numbers accordingly. Take care with your
typing, especially with the colons.
When you are finished, save this file (ensuring
it is named User-Startup and saved to into the S:
logical device) and then quit Ed. Now reboot your
Amiga and you will have several new 'logical
devices" set-up that have names similar to your
floppy disk names. In the DeluxePaint font
requester, for example, type Fonts-Disk-1: into the
Drawer gadget {don't forget the colon on the end)
to make the forts in that logical device available
to DeluxePaint. Similarly, to access the picture
disks, type Pictures-1: or Pictures-2: or whatever
into the Drawer gadget of the Load Picture
requester, or alternatively scroll down the <DEV>
list and click on those devices in the list. Jeff
DRIVE DILEMMA
I am studying for a ctegj'ee In
Construction iVIanagement and with
the advent of CD-ROM, the unhrerslty
has several packages for us to gain
relevant Information from.
With limited, printing facilities and University
resources, I want my own CD-ROM. Could you
advise me whether a Zappo CD-ROM would be
better and If there are any PD CDs, or others,
that are construction-related. If so, how much are
they? Could I use PC CDs? Would they be
compatible and could I Implement graphics or
charts Into Final Writer? Basically, Is It worth
£200+ of my grant?
How would I play the CD32 games wtth on^
a joystick? Isn't there an extra ROM Chip
somewhere In the CD32 that allows tha saving of
some gantes? How will tha 1200 cope wtth this?
Chris Mitchell
Chvyd
I'll start with the easiest question first, I'm afraid
there are no Construction-related CD-ROMs that
I'm aware of. As to whether you can use PC CDs
on the Amiga, the short answer is yes. While you'll
be able to read any files or directories on the disc,
you'll not be able to run any PC software. The only
way to run PC software is to buy a P(>emulator
and, at present, the only option for 1200<pwners is
a software emulator, such as PC Task. Hovrever,
there is an increasing number of conversion
programs in the PD world that can handle PC data
files, such as images, text and even 30 objects.
if your sole purpose in buying a CD-ROM is to
use PC software, then you'd be better off spending
your money on something else. CD drives for the
1200 that include CD32-emulation, usually
emulate the CD32 controllers by using the
keyboards; you can even buy controllers. The
emulators can store game positions, but as I've
not seen any games that have this function I've
not been able to test it out. Qtamtw C9
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This month Gary Whiteiey l&ehc^Baguleyr
Paul Ovema and Graeme Sandiford cast their
eyes over a fine selection of Amiga products.
We've got a mixed bunch tfits month -
and that's just the reviewers! Paul
Overaa Is Uking a look at the latest
version of the ACC Programming Manual.
Gary Whiteley checks out some Alternative
Textures. Richard Baguley finds out the true
story behind Commodore's demise and I'll be
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specMc comms book.
THE ACC HARDWARE
PROGRAMMING MANUAL
Amiganuts PD Library
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checking out art offering which may be just what
you need.
Assembly language programmers on the Amiga
tend to fall into two main categories. Rrstly, there
are coders who program at the 680x0 ievei, but
who understand, and work within, the normal
Amiga nnulti-tasking and Intuition-based
environment guidelines laid down by Commodore.
Secondly, there are the games/demo writers who
throw all the accepted 0/S conventions out of the
window and hit the hardware directly in order to
achieve maximum speed from the machine. Both
methods have their place, but it is the latter
individuals, rather than the former, who will
appreciate this ACQ (Amiga Coders Club) manual.
The material is disi^-based and now consists of
seven disks of tutorial and reference material
along with a great many code examples in both
source and runable forms. The package contains
everything needed to assemble, link, and run the
example programs including a nicely written front
end editor called ACC which makes use of Chariie
Gibb's A68k Assembler.
The manual, essentially just a collection of text
files, offers a reasonably useful beginners section
containing details of 680x0 Instruction types,
assembler pseudcHjps and so on, along with doc
files for various tools provided. The tutorials
themselves cover things like copper list
programming, interrupts, audio coding, mouse
button and joystick reading with each topic
including both source and runable examples.
The bad news is that although many programs
are surprisingly short, the material is not well
suited to those taking their first steps with 680x0
assembly language. In fact, most of the
discussions will leave the average newcomer stone
coldl Those who will get the most from these disk
are coders who already know more than a little
about conventional low-level Amiga coding, but
want to see some of the more 'unorttiodox' tricks
that some experienced coders use.
The example code completely ignores standard
Commodore programming guidelines (disabling the
norma! Amiga multi-tasking environment, by-
passing the Exec-based interrupt arrangements
and so on). But let's get one thing straight - this,
to a large extent, is exactly what hitting the
hardware is all about and you only have to look at
some of the demos to see that the results, at
times, can be stunningly effective.
Now, I'm duty bound to point out that this sort
of programming is not going to be everybody's cup-
of-tea, especially since it is nigh-on impossible to
incorporate these sorts of coding tricks into the
This is just a small selection of images that
contained on Alternative Textures 3.
normal Intuition environment. In fact, if your main
interests are in learning how to open windows and
use gadgets and menus in Assembly language
these tutorials will be of no use whatsoever. On
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stages of 680x0 coding, and are intrigued by the
tricks that demo writers and games coders use,
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Alternative Image
Once again Alternative image have collected
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animators, DTV producers, 3D constructors and
graphics persons to use at their leisure for
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previous sets (which were In 24-bit, 8-bit and HAM
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format suitable for your requirements.
But nowadays this isn't a major problem, as a
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
wide range of programs, from PD to commercial,
now include JPEG conversion as standard. If
you've got ADPro, Imagel^X or Rend24 (among
others) tlien any of tlie images in Textures 3 wit!
be available to you. If you don't liave any JPEG-
oapabie software tlien you're probably not that
serious about graphics anyway, so you'ii not be
that interested in Textures 3,
Textures Volume 3 is a 12 disk(!) set featuring
a wide range of images - from 3D-generated
textures to some of Henri Bujko's more interesting
holiday snaps. Most of the JPEGs are supplied in
768 X 576 24-bit resolution (i.e. in full PAL video
overscan), though some are smaller. A JPEG
viewer is supplied, though it cannot be used to
convert JPEGed images into standard IFF24 files.
Having looked at many of the 100 plus images
on the disk i can only say that, almost without
exception, they are of extremely high quality -
especially the skies and organic images. As you
would expect. Skies are a varied selection of sky
shots taken in a variety of environments and
lighting conditions. The Organic images are mainly
photographs of plants and vegetation - most of
which (like skies) could be used for backdrops for
video titling and other purposes.
The same goes for the Land, People, Raytraoe
and Architectural shots. Of course there's no
reason why you couldn't wrap some of these
images onto 3D objects, though I can't see the
attraction of surface mapping an object with a
photo of two Moroccan women selling cucumbersi
But I can see that the Wood, Stone, Metals, Water
and Map (of the world and major continents)
images could be very useful for wrapping and
surface mapping, and how they would also make
good backdrops for graphics and DTV production
(as well as DTP work).
There is also a miscellaneous bag of various
bits and pieces, including a computer circuit, the
Innards of a clock and a cat on a bedspread. One
comment I must make Is that whilst the mini-
images supplied are very useful (they show all the
images in each category miniaturised into a single
screen), I would have preferred them to be
gathered together in one place, rather than
scattered across the set of disks. That way,
choosing the image you require would be some
much easier.
A word of warning - 768 x 576 24-bit Images
require a lot of memory. This collection is aimed
more towards professional users than hobbyists,
though if you use a converter such as ADPro It is
possible to scale and reformat the images into
WINDOW SHOPPER 55
This fearsome, but extinct, fellow can be
found on Weird Sciences Clip Art CD-ROM -
along with plants, airplanes, cars and more.
something which might be more suited to your
setup - assuming you have enough memory to run
ADPro in the first place.
Alternative Image's Textures Volume 3
contains a very wide range of high-quality images
which you may well find useful if you have a need
for such things. With over 100 images, that's
around 50p a picture - copyright free. Gary
Product: Alternative tmagels
Textures Volume 3
Price: £5 J. 50 (inc P&P)
Supplier: Alternative Image
Tel: 0533 44004 J
Overall Rating: 85%
DIGITAL ANGST
Aimathera
If the name Dave Haynie doesn't mean anything to
you, check your Amiga's motherboard. Shortly
before he left Commodore, he took a look around
the offices of Commodore in Pennsylvania with a
video camera perched on his shoulder. This video
is the result of this expedition. It gives you a
fascinating glimpse into the beast that is
Commodore, including a fleeting glimpse of the
first versions of the AAA chipset.
Commodore seemed to be a rather depressing
place when Dave was filming: empty warehouses,
empty offices and a few despondent-looking
engineers wandering around the place. There is
one piece that sums the whole thing up: Dave is
looking around the chip design section of
Commodore, and the place is deserted. However,
he comes across somelsody still working. "Gee",
says Dave, "there's somebody still working here".
"Actually", says the Chip Designer, "this is some
stuff for my new job'.
The second section of the video was filmed at
the Commodore Deathbed Vigil, a party organised
by ex-Commodore employees ttie day the news of
the liquidation broke. The beer appears to have
flowed somewhat freely at this particular event,
and this is where the warning of "this video
contains scenes of graphic violence and bad
language" comes from. Especially from the scene
where Dave asks the now redundant
Commodorians what they think of Mehdi All (the
ex-chairman of Commodore International), Later on
in the evening, the somewhat drunken people
indulge in a keyboard smashing ritual.
Great camerawork it ain't, but it's very
interesting nonetheless. If you want to meet
the people whose names are Inscribed on your
motherboard or find out why several
Commodore staff decided to dress up as
Lemmings at a developers' convention, this video
could be of Interest.
Product: The DeaHibed Vigil
and other tales of
digital angst
Price: £25,95
Supplier: Aimathera
Teh 081687 0040
Product rating: 75%
WraiRD SCIENCI CLIP
ART CD
17 Bit Software
It's typical - you wait months for a decent
CD-ROM title, then a whole bunch of them come
along at once.
The collection actually contains a number of
different file types, some are colour bitmaps,
others greyscale and some are structured clip art.
The bitmap images are stored in IFF format while
the structured ones are in Pro Draw, Page Stream
and EPS formats. The PC images are stored as
IMG and PrintShop for bitmaps and CorelDraw files
for structured images.
Each filetype has its own directory and within
that sub-directories for topic. So, if you were
looking for a colour picture of a sable-tooth tiger
you would first go to the Colour directory and then
to the Dinosaur folder. (But Sabre-Tooth tigers
arn't Dinosaurs - Ed.)
Of all the directories the colour one contained
the best quality images. It's actually quite
difficult to tell whether the files are well-scanned
images or "hand-drawn" using a paint package.
Whatever the method producing them is, they are
impressive nonetheless. They cover wide range of
topics with several variations on each one. There
are directores for birds, cars, dinosaurs, dogs,
fsh, flowers, fruit, insects, mammals, trees,
vegetables and my personal favourite cats.
Including a nice picture of a Siamese.
The bitmap directory contains several sub-
directories for big-mono, tiny-mono, mono and
greyscale images. The mono were, on the whole,
very good in terms of quality and the number of
subjects that are covered. You'ti find images of
everything from ArtDeco to Xylophones. The mono
clip art is highly detailed and can be very large in
size. The initials and motifs directories contain
some exquisitely detailed images.
The greyscale directory also had some good
quality images. Of particular interest was the
silhouette directory, which contained some quite
good outlines that could be used effectively for
video titling. They cover subjects suitable for such
events as weddings, Xmas and sporting activities.
However, the brushes directory is filled with
the most pathetically pathetic examples of
pathetic artwork I've had the misfortune to come
across in a very long time. These images are
probably the most unimaginative things I've seen
since the BBC stopped showing Terry and June.
Somebody obviously just sat down with a copy of
DPalnt and knocked out as many small Images as
possible in an afternoon. The majority are just
messages written in simple, and quite simply naff.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
56 WINDOW SHOPPER
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ashamed to admit to having drawn.
Aside from this dismal directory, the overali
content of this disc is actually quite good. After
i coking at some of the other clip art CDs that are
availabie, I was expecting a lot worse. What I
found instead, was pretty good compilation with
plenty of variety and some high-quality images.
For just under £10 the disc is great value for
money, even if some of images are intended for
use on a PC.
Product: Weird Science Clip
Art CD-ROM
Price: £9.99
Supplier: 17 Bit software
Tel: 0924 366982
Overall Rating S3%
Intanglbie Assets Manufacturing have just released
a new Amiga-specific book all about comms and
the Internet, The title aims to provide the reader
with enough information for them to get on-line
and he able to benefit fully from the avenues that
will be opened.
Interestingly, the majority of book was actually
produced using an Amiga and the author was one
of the engineers in Commodore's Amiga
Networking Group.
The first section of the book is dedicated to
providing an overview of the different types of
networks there are. it starts off by explaining
how BBSs work and then moves onto LANs (Large
Area Network) and finally the Internet. This
section also explains some the more general
things about comms, such as modems, software,
uploading and downloading files. Faxes, e-mail
and file compression.
The following sections then go on to cover
these and other topics in more detail. Part 2
discusses the software you will need to get your
Amiga on-line. This Includes utilities for archiving
files, off-line readers such as AmIQWK and Thor. It
also covers various games that can be played on-
line and provides useful advice on buying and
using modems.
Part 3 deals with Amiga LANs. It covers all the
options from simple Parnet networks right through
to installing ethernet cards. It starts off by
examining some of the ethernet options that are
currently available for the Amiga. It explores the
alternative for each model such as PCIV1CIA
interfaces for the 1200 and Hydra cards for the
"big box" machines. This section briefly explains
some of the software you need.
The final part of this book deals with the
Amiga on the Internet. As well as how to get on-
line it also gives handy hints on what to look out
for when selecting an Internet service provider. It
also explains the ins-and<iuts of the various
protocols used on the Internet and the software
you'll need. The book also provides a list of
Internet providers and sites that will be of interest
to Amigaowners.
The book is filled with plenty of information
and, as you would expect, Mr, Larson certainly
knows his stuff. The style of the copy is both
informative and pleasantly easy to follow.
Product: Connect Your Amiga
Price: 19.95
Supplier: Almathera
let: 081-687 0040
Speaking of useful things, the Useful directory
contains some, erm, useful files. Among them
you'll find some short reviews of hardware and
software produced by a USENET newsgroup. Tfiere
are also some useful system files such as hard
to find Libs, DataTypes, Handlers, Dev flies and
even some programs that can be placed In your
C: directory
I found an amusing review of some Amiga
magazines, including ourselves. Other funny
review^ include some April-fool joke reviews such
as one of a Kickstart 1.3 ROM upgrade Chip.
The New directory is where you'll And all of the
new software that Fred has collated. This directory
is divided into sub-directories that contains files
and programs for business, graphics,
communication, pictures, text, utilities and other
types of software.
The pictures directory contents were a bit of a
surprise; all the usual ray-traced Images are there,
but along with these images are some JPEGged
underwater photos. The pictures (which I suspect
were taken by a gentleman named Russ Dick) are
of fish, coral and other nautical scenery. The
pictures are colour and clear - they're nice to look
at and make very relaxing Workbench backdrops.
There is also a 24-bit comic. This is basically a
series of rendered images with captions featuring
two characters created by Bill Graham.
The business directory contains some
database programs, an invoicer, a
demonstration version of TurtDoCalc and even a
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Simpson trial continues. Fresh Fish Vol. 7 gives
you the chance to make up your own mind.
CONNECT YOUR AMIGA!
Almathera
The Internet is kinda like this big huge network of
computers ~ what, you know that already? I don't
know, 1 remember the halcyon days of comms,
when only nice boring people were into all this
"computers as a communication medium" malarky.
With all media coverage that the Net is getting, all
manner of people are getting into comms, I mean,
there are normal people with neither beard or
spectacles talking about "jacking into the Net",
"joining the information super-highway" and
entering into 'Cyberspace".
However, once you get beyond all the trendy-
speak, you are going to have to either learn about
communications software and hardware, or pay
somebody else large sums of money. However,
finding a good book that deals with the Amiga
specifically is not easy. Dale L Larson and
Overall Rating 88%
FRESH FISH VOLUME 7
fNOV-DEC 941
PDSoft
This is more than just another CD-ROIVl, indeed it's
more than another excellent Fresh Rsh CD-ROM.
You see, this disc was given at the Computer '94
show in Cologne - by Fred Fish himself.
Fresh Rsh 7 adopts the same structure as its
predecessors, with directories for tools, useful
programs, GNU files and BBS-ready files. The BBS
directory contains archived files and a list of the
programs that are contained on the disc. This is a
particularly useful directory as a large number of
the people who buy the CD-ROMs will be running
BBSs that will allow their callers to access the
disc's contents.
comic book manager.
Perhaps one of the best things in having a CD-
ROM full of data is that it can give you a feeling of
exploration, especially when you find some hidden
gems. One such gem that I found was a hypertext
file of the recent J Simpson trial complete with
samples and pictures. The rest of tfie disc is up to
the usual excellent standard that we've come to
expect from Fred Fish. This is an excellent couple
of disks and is well worth a look, especially for
people who run a BBS.
Product Fresh Fish Vol.7
Price: £19.99
Supplier: PDSoft
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Overall Rating 87% ®
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58 CONiNiS
This month Davey
Winder investigates
Email and takes a
look at cyborgs (that's
cyber-organisationSf
not Metal Mickey on
LSD),^ asking in his
best Beastie Roys
voice "do you have
to fight for your right
tOr err, go surfing".
Net knights
in siiining
armour
It's all too easy with the recent explosion In
the growth of comms to take it all for
granted, after all nothing can stop you using
It, can It? Weil it doesn't pay to just sit ttack and
assume that all will l>e OK for ever more, you only
have to take a quick look at the "popular press"
for evidence of that. How many times do you see
comms, the internet and BBSs mentioned for what
good they bring to society - not that often, huh?
Now ask yourself how many times you see the
same services accused of being dens of depravity,
on-line pornography infiltrating every school,
liackers stealing your secrets, mad professors
spreading viruses, and dangerous subversive
groups plotting the downfall of democracy, bit of a
different story isn't it? But never fear, for there are
forces out there who are actively fighting to protect
your rights as users of the new communications
technologies. However, they need your help if they
are to succeed. Read on to find out who they are
and how you can help them to help yourselves.
THE COMMUNITY
The Computer Communicators' Association (CCA),
or Community as most people know it, was
established a couple of years ago in response to a
very real threat to BBSs in the UK. The threat
came from the likes of FAST (the Federation
Against Software Theft) and ELSPA (the European
Leisure Software Publishers Association) together
with the backing of an MP or two.
These organisations had decided, largely
without cause, that BBSs were the basis of a large
amount of software piracy and hardcore
pornography. In order to reduce these perceived
activrties they were proposing to get legislation
passed through Parliament that would enforce the
licensing of Bulletin Board Services in the UK. Of
course, as most BBSs are run for enjoyment not
for profit, this would mean that large numbers of
perfectly innocent and useful BBSs would have to
close down as they would not be able to afford the
annual licensing fees.
The on-line community was outraged with
these proposals which were reported, Amiga
Shopper being amongst the first publications to
pick up on the scandal. The networks were alight
with anger and concern about these moves, and a
meeting was arranged in London to assure a
concerted effort against them. It was here that
Community came about, with a committee elected
which comprised of representatives from the main
on-line networks (and I am proud to be able to say
that I was one of the people elected to help get
Community up and running).
A meeting between FAST, ELSPA, Emma
Mi oh Olson MP, and interested parties from the
world of comms managed to ensure that the
proposed licensing scheme was scrapped, at least
for the time being.
Community is well aware that such threats
can emerge at any time, and is doing something
to ensure the on-line community always has a
voice that will be not only heard but listened to.
They publish a regular journal, distributed
electronically of course, called Communicator,
have a Usenet Newsgroup called
uk.org. community, and maintain a presence on
many BBSs through the community echo.
Here are the main aims of the Computer
Communicators' Association:
1. To maintain and connect a membership
which shares a common concern that access to
technology, information, and communication
should be as freely available as possible.
2. To raise public awareness about
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important issues and opportunities arising from
ongoing rapid advances in computer-based
communications media.
3. To monitor and inform the press and
media of computer-based communications,
responding to mis-information or prejudice with a
coherent voice.
4. To develop among policy makers a better
understanding of the issues underlying free and
open telecommunications, and support legal and
structural approaches which ease the assimilation
of new technologies by society, and maintain open
access to them,
5. To support litigation in the public interest
to preserve, protect, and extend civil rights
within the realm of computing and
telecommunications technology.
6. To work with agencies and individuals who
share our interest in the development of computer-
based communications.
7. To encourage and support the
development of new tools which ease access to
computer-basedtelecommunications.
lATHAT CAN YOU DO
TO HELP?
That's the easy bit, if you want to help Community
to safeguard the comms world that you value so
greatly then all you have to do is give them your
support. The more people that support the
organisation, the louder and stronger voice it will
have. Here's how you can give your support:
• Participate in the uk.org.community
Usenet Newsgroup.
• Participate in the community echo on
Rdonet Participate in the community conference
on CIX.
• Become a member of Community by
sending a cheque for £10.00 (£5.00 if you are
unemployed or a student) made payable to
"Community" to: Community 89 Mayf air Avenue
Worcester Park Surrey KT4 7SJ.
Ensure you enclose a signed letter with the
following details: name, postal address, email
address, and permission to store this information
in the Community database.
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CONiNiS 59
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTION
Although you may like to think that
sending email is a pretty simple
exercise these days, and you are
not wrong, there are still problems
that crop up time and time again
when trying to send emaii between
different on-line services.
It's ali fine and dandy if you are
sending a message from one
Internet domain to another, but
what if you want to reach someone
on Rdonet from your Cix account, or
get Delphi from CompuServe, or get
to CompuServe from anywhere?
Read on and you'li find most of the
answers.
Internet addresses follow a
specific and standard format, which
ali well and good, but there are a
number of on-line systems out there
that have only become internet
aware in the iast few years. The
mailing systems that these services
use, and the address formats
required, are often aiien to the
Internet standard and so you have
to employ a number of "tricks of the
trade" to make the right connection.
To use Wavey's Emaii Address
Book, just make sure you follow the
address format given and take a
note of any notes I have added,
they are there for a reason 1 When I
mention a "user" I mean the name
of the mailbox (or account) you are
trying to reach, and "domain" refers
to the emaii address (everything
after the @ sign basically).
From: BBC Networking Club
To: Internet
Format: user@domain
From : CIX
To; internet
Fofmat: user@domain
To:
Internet
Rirmat:
Format:
76543.1234@compuserve.com
INTERNET:
user@domain
NOTE: You must replace the " ," in
the CompuServe account number
From:
Delphi
with a "
" for your mail to get
To:
Internet
through.
CompuServe users are
Format:
IN%"user@domain"
charged for receiving Internet email
so can choose an option that
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PROGRAMMING MASTERCLASS
/
Making
a move
Welcome, chess fans. You'll be glad to
know, after all your hard work, that
we're very near our very first working
version of the gante. It'll be far from perfect -
lacking In both speed and subtlety - but It will
play a legal game.
We only need to write three more functions to
get things rolling: humanmove(), which accepts
and makes the human player's move; evaluateO,
which assigns a score to a given board position;
and bestmoveO, which, by the cunning use of
recursion, selects the computer's best move from
those available. Because of its length and
Importance, I'll leave
bestmoveO until next
month, where it can be
given the space it
deserves.
The most mundane
of these functions is
humanmove(). With the
understanding you've
gained over the past few
instalments, you should
be quite capable of
writing this function -
yourself. Don't worry,
though - I've included it in full, but I won't take too
much space discussing the fairly elementary code
involved.
The flinction modifies the board array (which is
globally available} directly, so it doesn't return any
value. It doesn't take any parameters either, since
it depends on the 'from' and 'to' squares that the
^%iHalfyf we'll be using a
very simple evaluation
sfraiegYf which we'll
improve on in a future
instalment"
Discover bow to
v^rife your ov/n
chess program. Cliff
Ramshay^f continues
his series, explaining
/lovir a player's move
is made and fiow
the computer
evaluates board
positions*
player specifies, which are retrieved by the
function itself. Two string variables, from and to
(FROM$ and GOAL$ in AMOS), are used to store
the players text entry for these. The integers xf, yf,
xt and yt hold the corresponding x and y
coordinates for both squares, while rotation holds
the direction of travel (remember that the
findmoveO function, discussed last month, will only
operate on moves in a single direction at once)
and distance holds the number of squares moved
in that direction. The variable bad is a flag, set to
1 if the proposed move is found to be illegal. We
also use a move structure called human (an array
■ called CURRENTMOVE in
AMOS), which Is of the
same type as the
structures used by
findmoveO.
The function first of all
asks the player for the
coordinates of the
square containing the
piece to be moved and
that piece's destination
square. The coordinates
are input as strings. The
X and y integer
coordinates are retrieved from the strings by calls
to xcoordO and ycoord(), functions discussed bacli
in AS43 that convert ASCII values to their
numerical equivalents. Note the use of the
toupperO function (Upper$ in AMOS) to convert
lowercase characters to uppercase ones before
conversion to integers. This ensures that xcoord()
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
PROGRAMMING MASTERCLASS 63
C USTING - GET MOVE FROM PiAYER
/* get move from player •/
iroid hum&mnov« ( )
(
ehnr frojtlJ] ,to[3] j
Int xt,yi,xt,yt, bad, rotation, distanee i
struct move human;
do {
bad-0; /* asBume a legal move be £ ore checking */
print f ( "Enter coordinates to nove froinVn" ) ;
scanf C'eSs'ifrom) ;
print f { "And to move to\n" ) ;
Bcanf ("Si3a",to) ;
xf=xcooria(touppeE(froiii[01 ) ) ,-
y£=ycoord(froan[ll ) i
xt=xcoord{toupper(totD] ) ) ;
yt=ycoord(to[ll ) ;
/• teat legality of move */
/* first test If coords within boiinda of board */
if (xf cO I I xf>7 I I yf<0 I I yfs.7 I ! xt<0 I I xt>7 I I yt<0 I I yt>7 )
•■ bad=l;
else {
bad=l; /* now assume an illegal move until pi^oved otherwise */
/• now teat that a black piece is there */
if <board[xfl [yf]<D) {
/* check each possible move in turn againat move selected */
for (rotation=0;rotation<S;rotatioD++) (
liuiiian=findiiiove (board (xf] [yf ] ,xf,yf, rotation) ;
if [human* diBtaQce>0) {
for (dlBtance=l;dietance<=hujnan.diBtance;distance++) {
if (human. x+hm[ian.dx*dista&ce==xt ik *"
hviman.y+huinan.ay*distance==yt) (
bad-Q; /* we've found the legal move */
)
i
/* iDOve rook in the event of a castling
if (board[x£] [y£]=3-e i.& (x£-xt)<-l
/* castling to the right */
board [xt-l] [ytl aboard [7] [yt] ;
board[71 [yt]=0;
1
if (boardlxfllyfl— 6 && (xf-xt)>l)
/* oaatling to the left •/
board [xt+U (ytl=board[0] [yt] )
board[01[yt]=0,
)
/* actually move piaea */
boatdlietl [yt] -board [xf] [yf ] ;
board [xf] [yf]=0;
/* update notmoved array */
notmoved[xt] [ytJ-O;
notmoved [xf] [yf]=0,-
if (board [xt] [yt]=j=-l k& yt-.O) (
/* piece needs to be promoted */ V
printf (^Promoting your piece to a quea^\n")f
board [xt] [yt]=-5;
)
)
/* evaluate returns a board score for player */
int evaluate (int player)
{
int Bcore-Oj
int X, y;
int currentpiece; /
)
)
)
)
if (bad==l) printf ("Invalid move\n") ;
) while (bad[^0)r
printf(*\n%s from Jic%c to ^o^oXn", pieces [-•"
bo»rd[3tfl [yfl],xf+65,yf+49,xt+65,yt+'tS);
the type of piece at current '^quare */
(or (x-Ojx<Bjx++) {
for (y=();y<8;y++) {
curreDtpiecesboard[x] [y] *player;
if (currentpiece-tO) /• opponent's piece found */
acore-avaluea [-currentpiece] ) /* decrease due to 4ataTial
value */
elae score4=valuea[currentpi
material value */
return score;
only has to deal with uppercase column
references.
Next, the function checks whether the move is
legai. The first check is that the coordinates
reference positions on the board - i.e. that they all
lie between and 7. If not, the flag bad is set to 1.
The flag is also set to 1 if the coordinates are
on the board. The function is now assuming the
move to be illegal until proven otherwise. The
human always plays black, so the function checks
that the from' square contains a black piece (one
with a negative value).
Now for the clever bit. We've already written
findmoveO, which finds the maximum distance, if
any, a piece can move in a supplied direction. We
now call it for each of the possibie directions in
turn, supplying the 'from' square coordinates, the
piece it contains and the rotation each time.
if a move is possible in this direction, then the
distance element of human is greater than zero, in
which case we loop through every distance
between 1 and this value. In this loop a
destination square is found by multiplying the
current distance with the dx and 6y movement
vectors and adding the results to the 'from' x and
y coordinates. If the results equai the 'to' x and y
coordinates, then a legai move has been specified
and bad is set to 0, The distance loop then
closes, followed by the rotation loop.
If, after all that, bad is still 1, then an illegal
move has been specified and the loop repeats,
asking the player for another.
The function has to check for two special
cases; castling and pawn promotion. Castling is
straightforward - it works the same as discussed
last month for findmove(). If the king is moving
more than one square, then the function ensures
that ft moves the correct rook also. The correct
rook is identified by determining whether the move
is in the positive or negative x direction, and its
new X coordinate is determined with reference to
the king's destination square.
RIADY FOR PROMOnOH?
Now the specified move is made. The contents of
the 'to' square are replaced by those of the 'from'
square, whose contents in turn are zeroed. The
corresponding squares in the notmoved (NMOVED,
in AMOS) array are also zeroed.
The check for promotion is simple. If the
function is dealing with a black pawn at row 0,
then it needs to promote it. Promotion is always to
a queen - a minor limitation that you might like to
improve on - by giving the square a new value of -5,
The last two functions work very much in
tandem to produce the 'intelligence' of the
program, the part that makes an informed choice
as to which move to make. They use what is
known as the 'minimax' algorithm.
The algorithm splits into two parts: search and
evaluation. In this program, these are split into
two functions, bestmove() and evaiuateQ. I'll be
discussing the first and simpler part this month,
and leaving the hard-working bit until next month.
What a tease!
Evaluate!) is given a board and a player, and
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 199S
^64 PROGRAMMING MASTBRCLASS
mO^U^G - GET MOVE FROM PLAYER
]
get move froa player
ProcedurQ EUHANMOVS
Sbaced CimiiEltniqyE < ) ,
IMipeat
' aaaime a lagal nova b«fore e&ecklng
Ffint "Enter coordinateB to inov« firora"
]Capiit FEOHS ■:
Print "And to move to"
iDput QOM>$
KCOORB [tipper$ ( Lef t$(7R01lS , 1 ) ) J |
XFF^Parav f
YCOOSD [Upper$ (Hlia$ (FROII$, 2,1) ) ]
IPiParan j
SCooRB[apl^er$(l>eft$( S0Ali$ , 1 ) ) ] |
XTKParam 1
TCOORI>[Opper$ (Hld$ «}QU$ , 2 r IH ij
lfT=Para» J
' tost legality of move
' firat teat to aee i£ qoordB within bounds of board
If XF<(I or ZF>7 OE YF<0 o^ YP>7 or IT<0 or XT>T or YT<0 or TfT>7
BAItel
Else
' mm assuoa an illegal nove until protred othervlae
teat that a blacic piaca ia there
IE BOASD(XF,YP]<0
' check eech possible loove in turn against move selected
For RCWAtION=.0 TO 7
FINDHOVE [ BOAIU) { 3t? , Y? ) , XP , TP , ftOTATIOSl
If CnilREHTM0Vl(4)>{l
For DIST=^1 TO CURREHTSOVB ( 4 )
If CCrSRBHTKOVB(0)+CDKIlBirTMOVEU)*DIST=XT ••
and CnRHSlJTlBJVS(l)+CniHaEHTHOVB{3)*DIST-YT
' we ' ve found the legal move
End If
Next DIST
End If
Saxt ROTATION
End If
End If
If BADeI Then print "Illegal move"
Until BKBxO
Print PIKCKa$(-BCIMUl{XP,YF) );" from ";ChrS(IPt65)jChrS(YF+4»l;" to «
";Chr$(IT+65) (Chr$ (YT+*9)
' move rook in the event of a caatling nove
If B0IUlI){XF,YF) = -6 and IP-XT<-1
< castling to the right
BOAKD ( XT - 1 , YT ) -BOABD ( 7 , YT )
BOAltO(T,YT)=0
End If
If BOA£D(XP,YP)c-E and Xr-XTil
' castling to the left
BaAIlD(XT+l,Y<F)^BOABD(D,YT)
BOMID(0,YT)=0
and If
■ actually laove piece
BOARD (XT, YT) sBOAMKXF, YP)
BOAIU}(ZP,TP)-0
' update HHOVED array
MHOVED{YT,YT)-0
KMOVBD(XP,TP)=0
If aOARD(ri',YT)=-l and YT.O
' piece needs to be promoted
Print "Promoting your piece to a ^een"
B(UL!tB(XT,YT>>-5
End If
End Froa
^ EVAiiUATfi returns a board score for a side
Procedure SVALOATE [SIDE]
SCORES
For 1=0 TO 7
For y«0 To 7
CDKBKITPIECEsBOAKD tX, Y) *SIDE
If CTJItHEHTPIKCBtO
' if opponent ' a piece found
SCORE- SCORE-WORTH ( -CITRRBNTP IKCK )
^ decrease due to inatsrial value
Else
SCORE- SCORB+MORTR( CURRBNTPIECE )
' increase due to material value
and If
Next Y
HeKt X
Bnd PEQcCSCOna]
returns a score for that player. The same board
position that gives a high score for one player wiii,
of course, give a low score for the opponent. The
subtlety of the evaluateO function determines the
quality of chess that the program plays (in
conjunction with the number of moves that It (ooks
ahead). Initially, we'll be using a very simple
evaluation strategy, which I'll improve on In a
future instalment.
The search part of the algorithm goes through
each legal move in turn and makes It, thereby
altering the board position. By use of the
evaluateO function, a score for each move can be
found, and the algorithm picks the move with the
best score. And that's the move that the computer
makes. The process of looking more than one
move ahead complicates this, but I'll go into that
next month after discussing evaluateO, which Is
nice and easy to understand.
Because the board is a global variable,
evaluateO only needs one parameter - the player
that It Is scoring for (remember, -1 represents the
human and +1 the computer). It returns an integer
result; the player's score.
Using X and y indices, it loops throu^ each of
the board's 64 squares. It multiplies the contents
of the square by the player parameter. Because
two negative or two positive numtiers multiplied
together both create a positive number, this has the
effect of yielding a positive value for the player's
pieces and a negative one for the opponent's.
If this value is negative, then the score
(initialised to zero at the start of the function) is
reduced by the value of the piece found. (Notice
that the negative piece index, currentplece, must
be turned positive before the value array.) The
material values of all the pieces (including an
empty square} are held in an array called value
(WORTH, In AMOS).
If the result of the multiplication is positive,
though, the piece belongs to the player and Its
value is instead added to the overall score.
The y and x loops are closed, and the final
value of score is the returned result of the
function. It's a simple evaluation strategy - the
values of all of a player's pieces are summed, and
the value of the opponent's pieces are subtracted
from the result. This means that, for a given board
position, the score for one player is -1 times the
score for the opponent, and that the score for both
is until a piece has been taken.
Next month I'll go into the details of how
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In the meantime, you might like to look at
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to a score as well as materia i vaiue. For instance.
It's generally considered a good thing If a plEtyer's
king has freedom of movement, so you could
perhaps increase the score according to the
number of free squares adjacent to the king. Also,
a position is considered weaker if two of a player's
pawns occupy the same column, since It means
another column is left empty. Try modifying
evaluateO to take account of this.
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KS 2.0 WB 2.1 flicker fixer bargain
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buyer collects.
A600 2Mb memory, Megslosotind
sampler octamed V5 Music X Imagine
2.0 Fracital Pro (coverdisks)
Workbench Manuals. £130.00 write
Andrew, ground floor flat, 16 College
Grove View, Wakefield, West
Yorkshire, WFl 3RH, buyer must
collect-
A40O0/031) 4 Mb 250 Mb HD 8833
monitor Star LC 20O printer extra
floppy Opus 4 WordworHi DOIV games
PD magazine all boxed £1000 CaFE
Stafford (0733) 866224 daytime or
» (0733) 234135 evenings.
Workbench 2.1 upgrade with rom I'or
A500 or A2000, Includes 4 manuals;
DOS, ARExx. hard drives. DOS
manual covers WB3,0. £40 o.n.o. Call
Paul on « (0274) 779212.
CommordDre 10848 colour stereo
monitor to suit all Amiga's brand, new
hardly used bargain £150,00. Call
Shaun w (0827) 59097.
Wofkbench 2.04 up^de ktt boxed
and includes rom chip, disks,
instructions and manual. Bargain
£50.00 Call Alan on
» (0253) 401751.
GVP ASO0+ HDB-H hard drive with
fast quantum 52Mb drive. Features
game switch, external SCSI port and
space to fit up to 8Mb ram. Boxed
with manual £140.00 Call Alan on
* (0253) 401751.
A1200 Hawk 2Mb ram expansion
board fitted with 33Mhi co-processor
with clock. Boxed, nearly new fts into
trapdoor, £140.00. Call Roger
evenings « 021/449/8295.
Superb colour pftnt* from your
computer or oomcorder polaroid
colour printer mint £695.00. Pro copy
stand and lights £550.00 o.n.o.
Alphascan plus Hi-RRS monrtor
£200.00 JRL -
"■051/424/5733.
Wordw^rth 2,0 AG A £25, PPalnt
v4.0 £25. Brilliance vl £40'.
Quartertiack tools £15. Commodore
mouse was supplied with A4000,
hardly used includes mat DPaint v2
and Kindwords v2 £5, Call « (0252)
S7&Se2.
Communication box with MIDf
interface, CD32 to Amiga seriaE port
115200 band. Twintxpress, photolite
on CD. one week old, £S0-
Schrechlirig Dominique, Montellea, CH
ie06,St-Legier, Switzerland.
Modem OS Robotlot dual ttandard
HST, get Into the world of comms
£220.00. Call Mitchell on
* (0708) 448357.
Amiga 1200 €Mb, 80 meg hard disk.
10845 monitor external disk drive
C^aint 4, pagesetter 3, Techno Sound
TurtM, also games £600. Cad Karen
V (04S2) 668528.
Amiga 1200 6Mb ram, 170Mb hard
disk, 1438 multisynch monitor (new).
games, ext disk drive, joystick, books,
magazines all boxed and In new
condition. Reluctant sale £850 o.n,o.
Can Greg -« (0245) 462265.
My Amiga Library Must GoT Virtually
every coverdlsk published by
A/Computing. A/Format, A/Shopper,
A/Format subscrioers, plus Jamdisks
and Fshdisks- Over 200 original
disksl Sensible offers invited- Call
■» (0675) 442180.
A3000 Tower &S030-25Mliz 120Me<g
SCSI, HD FDD Ethernet board 1960
Multisync monitor, 5Meg ram Flicker
Rxer, M.MU, FPU built In. Good cond
£BOO.O0 won't split. Please no
offers! Call Peter on *
061/248/6602.
Final writer nevsr used, unwanted
gift. £60,00. CalE « 081/346/1876.
Original 400O memory chip*, call tor
price, also wanted Amiga 4000 8meg
aimm, also for sale Amiga 1200
£250.00 o.n.o. Call Richard on
IT (0263) 722169.
Supra Fax. modem V.32BIS revlsloni I
roms, still under warranty £110.00
Cannon colouf ink cart. JI-20C £10.
Books and software please call
* (0494) 711223.
A1200. 3meg ram, 120 meg hd, GVP
A1230 turt)o+ accelerator, Phillips
CM8S33 MK II monitor and software,
all boxed and complete. Runs nearly
twice as fast as 4000/030 £750.
A500 half meg memory expansion,
£10.Call » (0656) 783849.
A1230 turt>o+ 68030 accelerator 4
meg 32 bit ram, 50mhz FPU battery
backed dock, £375,00 o.n,o. Call
Paul " 081/427/5762.
A500 1 Meg WBl.3/2.0 + uftware
£125.00. Golem 8 meg expansion 4
meg POP £100.00. Commodore 1084
monitor £80.00. Calt Brian
« (0460) 30480.
aS2mb Fujitsu IDE hard drive 3,5", I
inch high i2ms access time,
£275.00. Call Richard on
» (0769) 520310.
VIDI Amiga 12 RT (AGA). hardly used
and in perfect working condition.
Pluss correct, quality pgwer supply,
(not included when bought new).
£110.00. Can Jason on « (0272)
477763.
Integra x calourjet 132 prtnter
complete with Amiga driver cost
£650. Bargain at £300,o,n.o. Call
Andy on
n (0229) 463757.
Workbench OS 2.1 ccfnptote
software and docu mention for users
with OS2,04 rom x boxed as new
£25, plus postage x CDRom Fredfish
Progs 186 to 930 £l2x Call George
on
» (0573) 224632 anytime.
GVP Impact Mrie« 2 SOMli hard dlik
+ ram card for A1500 above £220, 2
X Imeg Simms £45. Tritogfec sampler
"Get straight to
ffie serious Amiga
users wrfh Amiga
Shopper. "
. //
with leads and software £25. Amiga
Power Issues 1-12 £25. Call Matt on
11(0793) 825751.
8Mb 32-b4t ram flxpana-ton boatd for
A1200. c/w battery backed clock and
FPU sockets bosed as new £160,00
incl. postage. Call Ian on
tr (0635) 866669.
CD32 with Uberatlon, OverklH, Lunar-
C, Arabian Nights, Labyrinth, Diggers,
Oscar plus educational CD and 4
coverdlsk CD's. Also extra Joystick,
sound sampler, mouse, scart cable,
11 original games (Amiga) £180.00.
Call Chris on « 091/454/205&.
A500+ 2Mb c?!lp menwry and A570
CD-Rom drive inc. Sim City CD+ CDPD
Vol I £200. A500 0,5M0 expansion
£10. Call Mario
ft(0203) 386947 after 6pm.
Real 3D v2.4, boxed, donflo etc,
registered program.also registered
with Active BBS. Hardly used £200.
Call after 6pm on « (0454)326548,
Blizzard 1230 Kcalerater plus
4amh2 co-pro £240 o.n,o., Seagale
2.5* hardrive 210Mb IDGA for A1200
all software inc £210 o.n.o. Call Mr
Rocks on a (0786) 832679.
GVP HCe Impact 2, 52Mb Quantum.
2Mb fast ram for A1500 A2000,
boxed as new, £180. Call Barry on
TT (0296) 22669.
A4O0O/30 2Mb excollerrt condition,
under warranty 6882 co-processor
120Mb HD 3.5 high density drive
10845 monitor 3.5 external drive
mouse, mat, joystick, software £800
o.n.o. Call Steve " (0709) 542284.
GVP A1230 turbo + accaferator for
A1200, SOmhz 68030 MMV and 4Mb
fast ram £400. Call Simon
n 091/232/057S.
Golden G^ate 38G4x 25 mh2 bridge
board 4Mb extra ram co-processor
floppy disk chips sound blaster pro-
card suga card cables and software
Panasonic CD Rom drive £600. Call
evenings « (0403) 242102,
A1200, 68030 accelerator, 5Mb
32bit ram, Commodore 1942 monitor,
deskjet 50Oc printer and l30Mb hard
disk. Loads of software (Wordworth 3,
DPaint 4, ProPage 4 etc) all for
£1,000. Call Paul ' (0483) 489530,
The Works Platinum Edition Software
and manual. Readysoft 64 emulator
software hardware and manual.
Amiga Shopper magazines Issues one
to latest issue + aj] disks. Offers to
John after 6pm, « (0767) 317059.
A6W>HD with GOMb hard dlik 2Mb
ram Commodore 10845 colour
nrHMiitor bug, joystick and selection of
software £450. Call Paul evenings
» (0737) 644433.
Amltfa SOO HD three months old mint
conaition with deluxe Paint 3 and
other games £150 with Rockgen plus
Genlock if required add £70. Call
» (0654) 702000 evenings or
ir (0654) 703707 daytime.
IMeg ASOO with 20 Mag haril libk,
Woritstation adaptor, 2 joystkiks and
many games £300. Call Tim
* (0908) 666425.
Amiga A1200 or AGOO Intomal fleppy
disk drive (unused) £30 o.n.o. Call
Paul ■" (0960) 368889.
Power computing 120B 2 Mag rani
68882 FPLT running at 20 mhi £80
external 3.5 floppy drive £40. Call
John « (0494) 715884.
A600 2Mb PCMCIA upgrade £70
cost £110. (Also fits AI200) Call
MacOonald after 6pm
»(0463) 243141.
US Robtrtio Goufler HST dual
standard with fax and ASL modem,
achieve 16,800bis quick sale £275
o.r^,o. Call Jim after 7.30pm
tr 041/552/3739.
A^O with we 1.3, 1Mb ram eecond
floppy, loads of software, £120. Also
GVPA530, 120Mb HD, 4Mb ram,
40Mb2 6S030. 68882 FPU, £400.
Call Rob pm if possible
B (0532) 701758.
Amiga A500. Memory expanded to 2
Meg. Rombo video dlgitiser. Software
and all manuals. Joystick. Will split.
£230 o.n.o. Call ir (0684) 564998.
A300O KIckstart 2.04rom
£15Page5tream 2.22 manuals £35.
Supra "2400Z: +" internal modem
Zorro II suit A1500+ £40 Workbench
2.04 ringbound manual VGC £10
Atalk III manual £10 other items. Call
Mike ff (0446)775287.
A12O0, 80 meg hafd drive.
MBX1230 accelerator, 50 mhi
6S030. 50mbz 68882, MMU, 6 meg
ram, high power supply, standard
power supply, G/Gamem, battery
backed clock, plus more extra's.
£330.
Real 3D 2.4 for sale, boxed as new
and irK:Euding extra object and texture
disks, £240. Incredibly powerful and
fun to use, Call Darren
B (0538) 381458,
2x1 meg 32-btt ram for Amiga 40O0
£50. Deluxe Paint IV obj^ed £20 4
meg IG-Bit ram on card £40. Call
Graham (0272) 446490.
Final copy 2, £30. Gold disk Offfce2
£20, superpEan £5 all as new with
boxes and full manuals. Call
« (0623) 631264.
Mastering Amiga Arexx liy Paul
Overaa £22 new, sell for £14,
Mastering Amiga Amos by Phil South,
£20 new, sell for £12. Both mint
condition. Call Conor
f (07G2) 331877.
Amiga 15O0 ECS WB.2 5Mb ram,
lOSMb SCSI HD 1085s monitor
A2030 Genlock Grey scale scanner,
tracker ball excellent condition large
amount serious software games disks
manuals mags, £750 o.n.o. Call Dave
* 051/678/2709.
Keyboard (A4000) bf»id rww unutad
£35 inc p/p. Call Derek (0450)
375081 or BBS (« 0450) 373071
and E^Mail SVSOP.
A500 with 2 Meg upgrade and clock,
tjoxed. Also additsonal external floppy
disk drive as new complete with
instruction manual etc £180 o.n.o.
(super gift perhaps for some one!)
Call * (0244) 818062.
Canon bubble )et printer BJ lOSX
excellent condiUon as new £180, Call
V 031/339/4919.
A40O0/3O 10Mb ram 68832 FPU
250Mb western digital hard disc tots
of software Including Wordworth3,
Pagestream 2, HS Pascal plus mags,
manuals and a free external drive.
Bargfn at £795. Call Mr Crook
11061/793/8477.
A$QO+ with 2 Mb ram good
condlttefl £140 o.n.o. Call Paul on
« 061/969/2899.
Amiga video back up uve 150 ditks
to one three hour tape £30 p/p
included plus free tape. Call Andy
u 061/790/0962.
Amiga 500 1 meig batnun jE^n»4
pack, hardly used, boxed MIDI
interface rave music sequencer, deltix
Paint IE. All manuals and discs. £195
o.n.o. Call Alan « (0482) 563440,
GVP A1230 turixt plus series 11.
[newest version) accelerator with 40
mhz 68030, 40 mhz 68882 FPU and
8 megs of 32-bit ram, 6 months
guarantee £490 o.n,o. Call
Iff (0742) 6692S7.
Free post^ on my flnal writer
release 2 £bO, Final copy release 2
inc P.D. fonts disks £32; Kindwords 3
£17. Call Adrian now on
» (0964) 543592.
A4t>0O/EC030 4Mb ram 120Mb
HDIsk 68882 FPU, Image FX,
Mlcrovitc 1440 Multisync, lots
software excellent for video. Bargain
£999. o.n.o. Call Greg ■"(0392)
AMIGA SHOPPER •ISSUE 45 •JANUARY T995
74 READER ADS
STUCK FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS?
TURN TO THE MARKET PLACE
Yes, I know it's still early days, but wouldn't It be nice to
have ev9rythlng sorted In good time for once Instead of
having to rush around on Christmas Eve desperately
searching for the perfect gift, but finally having to settle
for Boots After Shave and a pair of socks (againE).
The 'Market Place' (page 44) Is the section of the
magazine where some of the best Amiga dealers and PD
houses advertise their products and services.
If you are looking for a very special Christmas
present for that very special Amiga fan, you would be
well advised to take a good look at what these
companies have to offer.
Don't miss itf
S76847.
Amlen: 1200, 4 mot nni, math CD ^
processorn 2S6Mb hard disk, BJlO
printer, 200+ disks, reference
manuals, DEVPAC III, Courier 2400
modem, v,g,c. £6S0. Call Terry
a (0928) 713375.
Amiga A500 IMb mm WB 1.3.
boxed, vgc, 2 mice, 2 Joysticks,
PenPal DPaim II AMOS, Dungeon
Master, Lotus Turtio Challenge, F-19,
HeimdaL many more games an^
utilities, pd, magazines, £140. Call
Jort « (0705) 452700.
Amfcga A40O0/030 25 mhi FUP
10Mb ram 340Mb HO power HD
e)[ternai disk drive excellent collection
of software, boxed, as new, £950.
Caff after 6.30pm Ian.
w 051/476/0341.
Hjimn 290 video gfinVack/ ptocmat
for Amiga, cost £650 , accept £250,
no offers. Call David (0533) 339858.
CD32 A1200 120 Mb HOD ABC
printer 10843 monitor over £800 of
latest software nothing more than 6
months old, must go as one. Open to
sensible offers. Call Paul
« 061/678/8578,
Amiga 6^, 1Mb In chackmatft caie
with esaernal keytoard, 46Mb ejtternal
hard drive. Plus various games and
publishers choice, only £250 o.n.o.
Also for sale variogs Amiga books-
Call *r 081/402/0615.
Amtga 12W, eSMb HD. «Htra drlv«.
Philips monitor, Ink Jet jjrintef, hand
scanner, £1000+ of software, 100
mags, lots of extra's alt boxed with
manuals must sell, all for £750 o-n^o.
Call « (0257) 426125.
A30O0 120Mb H/l> 4Mb ram
Kickstart 2, 120 discs of various
software. RC, forces sale, £250
o.n.o. CaU John on (0634) 579S02.
Amiga Shopper Mags Issues 3 to 41
including disks £1.5C each, plus p&p.
Lightpen boxed as new £20. Call
Stuann- {0480) 890740,
Al^OO 85 Mb hard drive two W/P
program wiU^ manuals disks
Workbench 3.0 Seikosha SL96 colour
printer under warranty leads manuals
mint condition £570 o.n.o. Calf
« (0736) 64092.
V-UEt 24 bit hame grabber for
Amiga's 1500, 2000, and 4000, only
used once perfect working order,
£200 o.n.o. contact Simon evenings
(0924} 890279 or daytime
« (0274) 852308,
A15CM), 9Mb ram, 42 Mb HD. Phimpi
Mkll monitor. Matador scanner
400DPJ! pro-graphic + DTP software +
games mint condition £650, Call
Simon n (0532) S42366.
Gjutftlner A1200 expansion board
with SMb 32-bit fast ram, 33mhj
68882 FPU, battery backed clock.
Good as new. more than doubles
speed of A1200, £300 o.n.o. Call
Jens -a 081/429/3506,
Amgla 1300 127Mb hard drtvfl
desktop dynamite pack 6 months
warranty £425.00 o,n.o, Hama
Genlock 290, 6 months warranty
£450 o.n.o. [now retails for £750)
Call Simon « (0703) 512211.
Aml£B AISOO, $Mb 052,04 £200.
1084S monitor £135 SCSI irtterface
£70. 40Mb HD £100, eOMb £140.
VI Dl 12 digitiser £50. Wordworth 2
AGA £35, MIDI Interface £10, Call
Lyndon « (0734) 667920.
Scala MM200 boxfrd with manualt
dongle and upgrades, DPaint v4.5 for
AGA machir^es, adorage v2 AGA,
NeKus pro AGA backgrounds, whole
video gold coHectfon, screenmawer
24bit images. Call Dominic
« (0356) 316749.
Amigfi 500 SfIN clu« of 9<»'» trttt
steps pack and ail software boxed
complete plus Philfps colour monitor
CM BB33 MKIl plus Joystick 16
games price £400 o.n.o. Call
« (0932) 244047.
Ami£a Shopper 1-2S Amiga format
141 {+4 binders) Amiga Computing 1-
53 (with binders) AUI most issues
from issue one to Feb 1993 [cover
discs where applicable) Offers? Call
u (0934) 633122.
Amiga 500 1Mb clock, m^usa. 2
joysticks 1.3 W.B., DPaint, many
^mes, gotf all manuals, hardly used,
£135. Cali Mike ir (02Saj 453101.
Amiga Shopper complete set issue
nol to issue no 38 £2.50 aach inci
postage or £50 complete set plus
posts^e. Can » (0702) 556778 or
write, 10 Marine Close, Lefgh on Sea,
SS9 2RD.
P'D'Wer computing 1204 DxpanakKi
board with 4 meg memory, includes
clock, only £140, Call Stephen
V [062S) 605492.
Amiga A50O 1Mb ram WB 1.3 action
replay II original software manuals 10
games very little used joystick £150.
Call Mick (0256) 702546.
Power acam pfo v2.0 p4ui I'O'ftwarn
"Turn your excess
equipment into
cash wiffi Amiga
Shopper,'
i//
£50, Aniite!i 4Mb card for PCMCIA
£96, Pagesetter III £20 DIgi Paint
£10. Call Steve after 5.30prn (03&8)
605767.
12- X 12~ dlKltlilng tabM
(sumnnaskelch If plus) with p>en. Puck
and driver spftware for DPaint,
Brlltlgnce etc, and ff wanted, overlay
for XCAD 30 00, £200 o.n,o. Call Dan
071/226/0365.
ProPage 2 £H, Tlw Publluwr £1B,
Canon BJIDEX Int sheetfeeder £150.
All inc manuals, original disks stc.
Call Russell after 6pm (0534) 6S390-
U200 Hawk 2Mb lam enpanslon
board fitted with 33Mhj go-processor
with clock. Boxed nearly new fits into
trapdoor, £140. Cali Roger evenings
on <f 021/449/8295.
Superb cokHjr prints from your
computer or camcorder polaroid
colour printer mint £595 pre copy
stand and lights £550 o.n.o.
alphascan plus hi-rrs monitor £200
JRL. Cali Mr Beaulhey on »
051/424/5733.
Wordworth 2,0AQA. £25. OPalnt
v4.0, £25, Brilliance vl, £40.
Quartertjack Tools £15 Commodore
mouse was supplied ^ith A4000
hardly used includes mat, OPaint v2
and KIndwords v2, £5. Call Mr
Browne on ir (0252)879582.
CiHnmunlGBtlonA boK with MIDI
interface C032 to Amiga serial prot.
116200 band. Twintxpress. Photo lite
on CO one week old £80. Call
Schreckling on •» 010 41 21 921 17
19 evenings only.
Modem OS Robotics dual standarit
HST, get into the world of comms
£220. Call Mitchell on
(0708)448357.
Amiga 1200 6 Mb, 80 Meg hard disk,
1084S monptof external disk drive
DPaint 4. Pagesetter 3. Techno Sound
Turbo, also games £600. Call Karen
on ■" (0482) 668528,
A4000/030 4 Mb 2SaMb HD eS»3
monitor star LC200 printer eKtra
floppy Opus 4 Wordworth DPiV games
PD magazines all boxed £1000 Call
Stafford daytime » (0733) 866224,
evelngs " (0733) 234135.
MIcrobotlcs VXL-30 40Mhiz
accelerator tjoard for A500, £300
o.n.o. and VXL.32 32 bit SMb fast
ram board for VXL-30,£30 on.o. Mr
Bryan
» (0304) 364584.
GVP Impact 2 S2 Meg hard dlak
£185 2x1 Meg SIMMs £55 KIckstart 2
complete upgrade £65, Mastsrsound
sampler £22. All items are In very
good condition and wortti Call Ben
Lamb n (0502) 564306.
A1200 40 mb HD, Star colour
pf Intar, Philips monEtor^ Power
scanner, software incl. Psgestream
2.2 D Paint ASA, 150 mags, leads,
manuals £995 tu^r cotleni^s. Call
Arthur Case after 6pm " (0258)
837379
Golct«n Gate 3S6SX 25 Mhi i>mg«
board with 4 Mb extra ram co-pro
floppy disk controller chips
soundblaster pro card suga card 3.5"
40Mb HD + cables includirtg software
£500 o.n.o. Call Mr Bowles
ff (0403) 242102.
Amiga 1200 dOMb hard drtva VQA
monitor 3Mb fast ram external drive
VIOI 12 dlgittzer clarity 16 sound
sampler magazine fmagine 3 scale IC
Image master Image FX etc excellent
condition £950. Cafl Paul
B 071/733/7330.
lma£in« 2.9, many fsaftures of V3.0
fof Just£40, includes addendum
docs- Blitz basic2, latest version h
includes docs, + all user mags and
discs, £30, Call Martin
« (0298) 22862.
Amiga A1200 mousft Joystick 200
disks £299 colour stereo monitor
£150, 4Meg 32 bit ram board 1204
£150, Mags shopper/format £1.50
each all issues £1.00 each. Call
ff oei/aeo/736s.
Amiga 500+ SMb ram 200 Mb QUP
HD Citizen 24 E printer wordworker
procale DPaint W12,04
horrte/accounts 2 quarterback AMOS
pro all manuals many text books
£590. Call John » 0S1/744/94S2.
MRSONAL
pfCtures/articles, free diskzone for
contributions used. Send with S,A.E.
to Wolf pack. 7D Ferrier C resent,
Woodside, Aberdeen, AB2 2QL
game design and animation needed
by established programmer. Must be
up to commercial standard and wiJIing
to work 110% . Contract Is available
call fO370) 356185.
msni
DHB 2632 with or wfthout RAM fw
Commodore 2630 will pay fair price.
Telephone (0443) 776515.
Wanted A40O0/30 must come wHh
hard disk exchange for 486/25 RC.
with 170MB HD, 4MB, Sound Blaster,
Tape Streamer, CD-ROM, Games. Call
Steve on 091/536/6S69.
Amiga owners required to^o^n a
group for mutual benefits new users
welcome. Interested, curious or not
sure phone Malcolm (0332) 757202
to firid Out more-
Looking for Amiga Format issue 53^
complete with "Imagine" disk. Please
state price including p.p. Contact N.
Rowe, 13 Fatherless Barn Crescent,
Halesowen, West Midlands B63 2ET.
Imagine 3 users wanted worldwide.
I'm also looking for computeramims
on videos. Write to: Michael Skinner^
Bonhoeffestr 11, 07747 Jena,
Germany.
Forget the rest and call onfl off tire
best, 24hours 16, SK HST D/S. SNI
(0229) 431590.
Creepys BBS call 0S1/38G/917T,
k>ads if Amiga files and message
areas, helpful sysop. Online 10pm ■
7am all week. Call Now!
Amiga Phantam BBS:-
(0332) 679073 ortline 7pnv7am Mon-
Fri 12 noon-7am weekends 15; 1
rated hundreds of files on line and a
friendly sysop worth a can at least
Ethos BBS 24 hours no ratio's
"it's a way of life", (0924) 437258-
PicSf animSf art, fldonet^ amiganet
and catnet (soon} linked - ring now
(0924) 43725S.
The ethereal cereal BiBS-.
Herts based boand, gigs of files CD-
ROMS, up to 14400 bps. Bamet Hub
(0707) 275567, 24 hours a day,
seven days a weekl
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PUBLIC DOMAIN 77
alio and welcame to the bi^est PD
section of any Amiga magazine. Once
again, we have anotlier fine seiectlon of
free and nearly free software. This month we pay
homage to Babylon 5 In the form of an Imagine
objects disk. We also have an accounts manager
that aims to make you filthy rich; a number of
add-ons for AD Pro 2.5 that make It an even more
powerful program; a couple of programs that
provide DMS with an easy to use Grat^lcal User
Interface; and, last but not least, a couple of
good software compilations.
IMAGINE OBJECTS
Epic Marketing {BLF4-1)
No matter wnat you think of the TV show, whether
you think it's great or incredibly dull, Babylon 5
has featured some pretty damned impressive
ships. One sign that this is tlie case is ttiis
collection of objects that contain four of the ships
that have appeared in the show. No, I'm afraid
they have not been made by Foundation Imaging,
//]
Unforfunatefyf the Vorlonl
object looked more like a
deformed jeliyftsh than a
Vorlon spacecraft/'
the people responsible for the spacecraft you see
in the TV programme. However, some of the
models are quite detailed.
The objects come on a single disk tin at
Includes models of a Delta Fighter, Vorlon 1, the
Soul Hunter's ship and a Tyranid (Tyranid? I don't
remember that one).
I'm sure anyone who has seen the show will
know what a Delta Fighter looks like. They're the
four-winged ships that Babylon 5 carries. The
model Included on this is a fair approximation.
But, it lacks the overall smoothness and fine detail
of the original - quite understandable of course.
The object looks just a little blocky to use in close
up stills, but is perfect for dog-fight anlrhations.
The Soul Hunter model is better modelled with
Graeme Sandiford's search for PD perfection
is never ending. This month he^s got some
filthy lucre and hot stash for you to dig intol
a little more detail, although the main wings have
quite a few sharp edges. The Tyranid object can
only be described as strange with a capital S, It
seems to be a collection of oddly-deformed
spheres that have been stuck together.
Unfortunately, the Vorlonl object turned out to be
a just as poorly-modelled specimen - looking more
like a deformed jellyfish than a Vorlon spacecraft.
To be fair to the collection, most of the
models could be improved by adding a few
textures. However, while some of the objects had
IFF maps assigned to them, they were not
supplied - which was a pain in the neck when it
came to rendering them. By adding a couple of
Essence textures I managed to get some half
decent Images. In the end £4 seems a bit much to
ask for two useable models.
Product Hating 70%
DATACLAN FONTS 2 & 3
DataClan
I think I may have mentioned my penchant for
fonts before - probably the result of working for
a DTP company before I joined Future. Anyway, it's
enough to say that I love fonts with a
pass! on. fOoer - Ed.] So, it was with great joy that !
fell upon the DataClan fonts disks.
It's a collection of IFF format fonts, some
original and others that have been culled from
other sources. If you boot up from either of the
floppy disks, you'll be treated to a mini slideshow
complete with bacl^round music. Now, usually
during a slideshow I'm driven insane by the music
and end up frothing at the mouth and shaking
uncontrollably. However, the music was actually
pleasant - not mind-numbing or nerve-jangling
Chip music.
The fonts themselves are, on the whole, quite
impressive in terms of quality and presentation.
Although, they are quite similar In style - very
cyber punkish, there is still enough variety to
appeal to most people. A nice touch is that each
font shares its page with a hand-drawn picture.
''rf you fancy a bit of 'old-
school' hand-drawn pictures
and some nice fontSf you
would be well acMsed to
check this collection out/'
They are mostly fantasy and sci-fi-based and you'll
probably recognise a few familiar images based on
the work of Boris Vajelo and Tim White. Most of
them are of high standard and are a welcome
addition to the fonts.
If you fancy a bit of "old-school' hand-drawn
pictures and some nice fonts, you would be well
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This lovely font Is Just one of tfie outstanding fonts that can be found on the
Dataclan collection. What's more, they are free'.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
78 PUBLIC DOMAIN
advised to check this collection out. Another good
thing about this collection is that it is PD in ttie
truest sense of the word - it's free. To obtain a
copy all you have to do is send a disk, for each of
the collections you warjt, and a SAE to this
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Product Rating 85%
ROB'S HOT S¥ASH #11
17 BK Software
My goodness, I've seen some full PD disks in my
time, but nothing that could prepare me for the
bulging mass of PDness that is Rob's Hot Stash.
There are 21 utilities on this single disk, covering
things such as DirectoryOpus tools, ADPro scripts
and a CV generator. So without wasting any more
valuable space let's dive into this barely-contained
abundance of PD programs,
• Don't you Just hate it when you type dir
white in Shell and the list of directories that
appears is too large to fit on screen? ACD is a tiny
program, only 1.5K in size, that performs a pret^
useful function. It works a bit like a replacement
■can
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Confaaod by CU, unsum of Shall? Then let
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VStaitut has an Impraaalve array of nmctlons, but
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ADPro, then why not try the ADPro Toolbox?
for the CD command. However, once ACD has
been added to your C: directory, typing acd will
bring up a requester asking you which directory
you would like to move to. You just select the
directory from the list and you will be returned to
'^My goodness, I've seen
some fulf PO disks in my
HmCf but nothing that could
quite prepare me for Rob's
Hot Stash/'
Shell, but witiiin the selected directory. This is a
pretty good program to have around, although
similar results can be achieved by using the
interactive dir command as included in versions 2
and 3 of AmigaDOS.
• AmigaDOS can be quite confusing at times
and any help that can be given is often very
welcome. The AmigaDosGuide is one possible
source of help for AmigaDOS tyros. I expected the
AmigaDosGuide to be an AmigaGuide format
document, so I was a little disappointed to
discover that it was, in fact, a HyperBook
presentation.
Regardless of the format it uses, the
AmigaDosGuide sets out to give you a helping
hand in using the Amiga's CLI effectively. The
HyperBook presentation is quite simply arranged.
The main menu has three sections; ADOS
Commands, ADOS Applications and ADOS Errore.
As you might expect, the Commands section
explains some of the functions that many of
AmigaDOS' commands perform. It does this by
detailing the command's usage format and
providing examples. It always provides some notes
about what the command actually does and when
you'll need to use it.
The Applications section covers AmigaDOS
applications such as Disk Doctor, Say and Ed. The
final section covers AmigaDOS error codes. It
provides a list of codes which you can select and
receive a description of what the code means. This
is a useful guide to using AmigaDOS, but some of
the explanations are a little too short.
• ColCopy is an interesting inclusion to this
collection. It's not really a program, rather it's a
script that intends to make copying disks with a
one-drive machine easier. To use it you just double-
click on its icon and request will appear telling
when to insert and remove your disks. The script
uses the Diskcopy command, which the author
feels is a little complicated for a beginner.
• CVMaker, or Resumemaker as it's known in
its own tongue, is a program that has been
designed to help you compile your CV. It's a tiny
llK-program that asks for your details and then
produces an ASCII file or printout. To be honest,
the results are a little crude and basic, but the
program should be of some help if you are at a
loss as to where to begin planning your CV.
• V-Station is another interesting inclusion - if
a strange one. I'm not quite sure why it has been
included though. It's a demo of a video editing
station that has been designed to wori< with
NewTek's Video Toaster. This means unless you
actually have a Toaster, very unlikely, then you're
not going to be able to use it. However, you can
stare in wonder at the huge array of buttons that
comprise the program's interface. If you are
feeling particularly adventurous, you can even
invoke the on-line help to find out what the
buttons do.
• If you have ever lost data to a virus or a
nosy sibling then you'll be well aware of how
annoying it is when files are deleted when you
don't want them to be. NoDOS is a program that
sets out to stop this sort of thing from happening
by accident or through an act of malice. It does
this by locking selected AmigaDOS devices such
as DFO:, HDl: or RAM:. Once you've placed a lock
on a device it can only be removed by entering a
password. While the lock is in place files cannot
be deleted. Although, by employing my
Machiavellian skills and devious mind I've
managed to break this system, it should keep
most viruses and casual saboteurs at bay.
• ADPro is an incredibly powerful program, but
to convert or process an animation or batch of
pictures you'll need to be able to create ARexx
scripts or shell-out on a costly commercial
package. The ADPro Toolbox fancies itself as an
affordable replacement for MultiFrame and co.
It's an ARexx script that can be invoked from
within ADPro to process or operate on several files
automatically. You are given access to all of
ADPro's Loaders, Savers and Operators and can
set the output format.
The program has its own GUI and you can set
your options by simply clicking on a few buttons
and filling a few text gadgets. Once you have set
your options you can then start processing your
images by selecting a first and end frame and an
output path. However, ihe frames must be suffix
with a three-digit extension, such as 001. After
you've done that, ADPro Toolbox will take over and
load, operate and save each file.
While the program does not offer all the frills
and options that its commercial counterparts do,
it does make things a lot easier if you have
several images that you wish to process in the
same manner.
This is an impressive collection of programs,
but it could have been better if one of the
potentially best programs had worked properly. The
DirectoryOpus utilities all refused to work on my
A1200. However, it's still a good coiiection and if
you have a weekend to spare you may even get
the reluctant programs to work.
Product Rating 88%
MAINACTOR 1 .34
Cynostic
MainActor has got to be
one of my favourite PD
programs of the year.
Now version 1.54 has
arrived, the program has
risen further in my
estimations. It has a
selection of new features,
all of which are fully-functioning.
Unlike the previous version, instead of
disabling the features of the shareware version,
the program simply opens a requester mentioning
that the program is shareware, every time you use
one of its file functions. This is a pain in the butt,
but it's a necessary one. At least it means f can
evaluate all of the features, while reviewing it, and
people who are considering purchasing the
registered version can try them out too.
For those of you that are not familiar with
MainActor, it's an animation utility that takes a
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
PUBLIC DOMAIN 79
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When using MalnActor, It Is possible to view animations In a variety of
dlfterent fo/mst and now you can even aM sound samplos.
Using DMS through AmIgaDOS can 6e a real pain In the butt. Hov/ever, even
beginners can use GUI tools supplied with the DMS Kit from Saddletramps,
modular approach to editing animations, it's an
animation editor rattier than a creator, so it has no
tools for drawing, but it can save and load a
variety of animation formats which makes it great
for converting animations.
So, what's new? Rrst off, the program now
supports FLI, FLC, AVI and DL formatted
animations. As these formats are widely
supported by PC programs and, I believe, one or
'MainActor has got to be
one of my favourife PD
programs of the year,"
two Mac ones you can use the program to transfer
animations to other computing platforms. As well
as the increased file support the program can
now playback sound files. At the moment it can
only handle IFF samples, but the author intends
to add support for other formats soon. The
program's playback speed from Hard Disk has
also been improved.
All the old functions are still there such as
being able to append non-looping animations and
ARexx support. A couple of ARexx scripts that can
be used in conjunction with ADRro have been
Included. The program is still easy to use and
providing you spend half an hour of so with the
AmigaGuide file, you should be using the program
to its full potential in no time. This is a first rate
animation utility that provides a real alternative to
its commercial counterparts and at £25 for the
registered version it's exceptionally good value.
Program Rating 90%
DMS_KIT
Saddle Tramps PD
Over the last few years a couple of programs
have established themselves as the accepted
standard when it comes to compressing data. Lha
is the most commonly used archiver for
compressing files and DMS has become the de
facto program for compressing disks. This disk
from Saddle Tramps contains a copy of DMS and a
couple of programs to make using this CLI-only
program easier to use. DMSui and intulDMSPro
are both GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) for this
popular package,
• Intui-DMS Pro 2,2 has been programmed In
Blitz Basic 2 and has a quite straight-forward
interface. Like the other program on this disk,
Intui-DMS Pro aims to give the user access to
DMS's disk-crunching features, but without having
to resort to the horrors of CLI.
The program is designed to be simple and is
just that. It has two to^leable buttons; one for
setting \he efficiency of the crunching and one for
deciding which task to perform. The options
available include crunching disks, de-crunching, re-
crunching, testing and viewing DMS files.
There is also a list of devices that can be
used as a source or destination, they can be
selected by clicking on them. When selecting a
DMS file for de-crunchtng you can make use of a
file requester to select the file, rather than having
to type out the file's directory path.
The program also has limited on-line help and
a display of available memory. That's about it
really, it does the job simply and easily.
# As you might expect, as they perform the
same task for the same application, the programs
operate in a similar fashion. DMSui 's interface is
very similar to Intui-DM pro's, 'ifou can select the
same functions, but instead of tolling through
the functions each task crunching etc., each
function has its own button.
However, this program has been created with
BBS Sysops in mind and has a couple of features
that they will benefit from. The program can be
used to load in path files, fitsts and clists. Aside
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provides access to the program's Matures easily.
from this the programs are almost identical.
However, I do prefer DMSui's interface - it's more
attractively layed out and a tad more accessible.
This is a disk that contains two extremely
useful programs, even if they do they same thing.
It makes life so much easier, and, to be honest, I
can never remember all of DMS's parameters
when running it from CLI.
Product Rating 87%
FILTHY LUCRE
SacMIe Tramps
I just had to review this product - for two reasons.
Rrst, because of its fantastic name and, second,
because it was written by J Pritchard - the author
of the most excellent Epoch Master (reviewed in
^7f5 an ideal program for
someone who wants a no-
nonsense Bnancial
management system,"
issue 41). As Rlthy Lucre's name su^ests, Mr
Pritchard has turned his programming talents to
helping people keep track of their money.
The program's interface is reminiscent of
Epoch Master's, it has several buttons arrayed
down the left-hand side of the screen. The
program has been designed to be simple to use,
but it still has its share of powerful features. The
program operates on a straight-forward double
entry system, you simply enter a date for the
transaction, a code, a description and enter the
amount in either the Debit or Credit box. The
program will then work out a balance for you
automatically.
When you have entered your transactions, you
can choose to view the data in the form of a bar
chart. Another powerful and useful feature is Sift.
This will bring a requester that asks for a string to
be entered. The program will then make a sifted
selection of all entries that contain that string.
This is particularly useful is you are trying to
locate several bills of the same kind. These sifted
entries can then be cut and pasted just like any
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
80 PUBLIC DOMAIN
PUBLIC PERSONALITY
Barking Mad, as the name might
I'd say it's been about a year - as a
cataloguing and viewing takes some
VWiat about a aertse of community.
suggest is one of the most
PD service. But, before that we
time. But, it has ali been
how Important Is that?
humourous of PD houses.
actually ran a local User Group and
mode rate iy successful.
It's especially important to us, as
Whenever 1 receive anything in the
a GO u pie of us got together and
How Important do you think a
we started as a group of people
post from them 1 drop what I'm
decided to start a PD library.
sense of fun Is when trying to
swapping PD software. We would
doing, Lightwave plug-in or not, and
So flow large a town Is l^narkf
produce good PD?
also discuss various protiiems and
stick the disk in my drive. However,
Weli, it's quite a rural town, with
Essential - there's no point in
how to get around them.
they have not been satisfied with
about 20,000 people.
getting all serious and essentially
As a PD library, what do you have
being one of the funny men of PD
So how far apart do your members
PD is brought out by people who
to offer that most other libraries
houses, they aiso churn out some
live?
enjoy using the Amiga.
don't?
quality serious software.
Although, we started out locally, we
I've been using the 64 for a
Well, one thing we do that most
1 caught up with Francis Fox, the
now have members all across
number of years and the Amiga too.
don't is a swapping service. PD is
man behind Barking Mad, and had a
Scotland and the north.
the reason is that 1 enjoy using the
supposed to be free and tiie
quick chat with him about the joys
How have you founil running a PD
machine and it's extremely
cheaper it gets the better. The way
and tribulations of running a PD
library so far?
rewarding to help other users have
this works is that they send in a
library.
It's been okay so far, it was a bit of
fun with their Amigas. If you don't
disk of programs and we will send
How long have you bemn running
a grind getting everything together
enjoy your hobby there is no point in
one In return with the stuff they
Barking Mad?
at the beginning - all of the
doing it.
want from us.
other block of entries.
Yoy can use the program to work on up to
three separate accounts at the same time. You
can also merge these accounts as well. The
program aiso has a calculator, which has been
disabled in the unregistered version. As well as
being able to control various aspects of the
program's operations from the bank of buttons on
the left of the screen, you can also access a
secondary menu by pressing the right-hand mouse
button. Doing so will pop up a small menu that will
give you access to several features, including the
program's macros.
As with Epoch Master, the author has struck a
fine balance between simplicity and power. The
program is easy to use and more than capable of
meeting most people's financial needs, it's an
ideal program for someone who wants a no-
nonsense financial management system. However,
although a good program. It still falls behind ABank
(issue 43) in terms of flexibility and power.
Program Rating 88%
ROB'S HOT STASH 1 2
17 Bit Software
Hot on the heels of Rob's Hot Stash 11 is stash
number 12. Like its predecessor, this disk has
some interesting programs on it. Although, there is
a slight bias to graphical tools, it's a quite varied
compilation. There's an encryption system for the
security-conscious, an index making add-on for
ADPro 2.2 upwards, caller identifying system and a
couple of AGA-only graphics programs.
# There are some things that are truly
beautiful to watch, a sunset, a performing ballet
dancer and an ingenious checkmate. But, there's
another thing I would like to add to that list -
ImageDex 2.1. It's wonderful to sit back and watch
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It go about its work. The thing that it does is
create an image index of image fifes.
It's a shareware program that uses ADPro and
ARexx to load a selection of images, reduce them
in size and then composite them into one image.
This will give you a collection of thumbnail Images
that you can open up and see a whole range of
pictures at a glance. This can be particularly
useful if you have a large selection of textures and
would like to see what each of them looks like
without having to view each file individually
Using the program is easy - you Just select the
files you wish to turn into thumbnails by using a
file- requester. You can choose the output format of
the image, its size and colour depth. You can also
specify the number of thumbnails you would like
on each image, this can be between 6 and 48.
Obviously, the number of pictures per page will
affect their sizes and therefore their quality.
However, thanks to ADPro excellent reduction
routines the quality is still quite good even at
small sizes.
The program is simple to operate and does so
almost flawlessly - although, it can sometimes
crash after producing the images. This program
alone should be a good reason, for anyone with
several Image files, to buy this disk. The great
thing is that as it uses ADPro, it has access to its
loaders, so you aren't restricted to files of the
same type. The program will also create as many
files as needed automatically, so you can leave it
running over-night compiling thumbnails of your
200 JPEG collection.
• If you are a regular reader of PD World,
you'll be aware of my opinion of CloudsAGA, so I
won't waste my breath on It. However, I thought I'd
take a look at its stablemate, FractalAGA - also on
this disk.
The program oomes In three different flavours,
68020, 68020_FPLI and 68040-optimised.
Unfortunately I was unimpressed by all of the
program's variations. Its options are few in number
and its output is unspectacular. I don't know,
maybe I'm suffering from fractal-overdose, but this
program failed to retain my interest for more than
32 seconds and is unlikely to hold yours for longer
- unless you lead an exceptionally dull life.
• CXHandler is a strange program, or to be
more exact its reason for existence is strange. It's
supposed to be a replacement for Commodore's
Exchange Commodity Handler, but appears to be
almost identical. Quite why anyone would wish to
replace a program with another that performs the
same function in the same manner Is beyond my
understanding.
• The Secret Key is not a get rich scheme,
rather it's a text encryption program. I must admit
that, although I'm as paranoid as the next person I
ANOTHER CHANCE
TO BECOME A STARI
If you have discovered a PD or shareware that
you have become totally enamoured with,
write In and tell us aixiut. But, don't stop
there If you would like to see your name In
print. We want you to send in a small review
of one of your favourite new PD package.
We don't care what type of program It is,
as long as It's good and you can Justify Its
excellence. But, please, please, no reviews of
SwImSult Chlx 58 or similar slides hows - Just
serious reviews of serious products for serious
readers.
If that's not enough, we'll even pay you If
it's a really well written revlewl
Send your review as an ASCII text
document, along with a copy of the
prc^am, to:
I WANT TO
Graeme Sandlford,
Amiga Shopper,
30 Monmouth St,
Bath,
BA12BW.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
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cfttfereni hei»:^ers, oacn wnh Iheir own missions. Waniing, au isxt
Is wriHan in GBrmSn.
0396 PENGO i - .2ip voui' Penguin budety tlirougJi Ih-S ice oaM'e
mazes squashing ths baddiss. Great lun.
a397-G39Q (2 DISKS] INTEflNATIOHAL WRESTLINa
ClHiAMPIONSHiP - Fantasilc wesiilng jjame lor one or hro piay^
0r&. Slams, punches, thDulder blncks, elbows, jump's atf the ring
poai and loads ot oiher twne eruncning moves.
G39? DYNAMTTE WAHRKJRS 3 - IncrsdJbls [>yrtablasEer£ dune,
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Massive ^Jeall-em-up with a ■cJvjite of cfttfereni characters with
diflare-nl abilities arvJ special moves. One amazing game. A' EIGC
ONt ■■ ■ . EAST ONE MEG i3F EXTRA FAST RAM
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REQUIRES 2 MEG.
13407 X-MEN CARDS - Cardsel For Klundike Dabue. A12O0
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G^OS TEAM TETRIS ■ New Tsiris vsriatkin tfiat Is playsd by OuO
players at the same time. Requ^es ceeperebDn befwaen ptayefs.
0409 AHBAfiSADOR FRUTT HACHIN£ V2.D - Superb rrult
machina gamewitih ,pll the tiells and whistles ynu'fl see
day arcade, Ai2M ONLY.
Q41Q-G411 (2DiSKS>MISSJLES0VERXERION
classic {lame Missile Command. This ^ a complete overhaul of Ihe
erignul with new super cool grsph«s, power ups ^d amazing
flam& ptay.
G412 SWHMSUn* CARD3 - Cardsei for Ktondka Deluxe II aj>d ME.
G413 STAR WARS CARDS - Cardsst for KlarKJike DeluKe II & Nl.
&414 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK CARDS - Cfitdset lor Klondike
[>eluxa LI and III.
Q41 S REtXJnH OF THE JEDI CARDS - Cards«i lor KJtfidike
Deluxe II £ 111.
G416 DH WHO CAROS - Canjset tor Klondike Oeluxe H and HI.
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have Id sort this out tor yaursaft.
04t 7 FA$T CARS CARDS - Cardsel Eor Klondike Deluxe II A III,
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games around, wiih mgr? e^dra Feattifes than most commercial
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and the Star Waj'£ film trilogy, this « a real hot looking s^iareware
same. Racanlly reviewed (and highly ratedj in AF. AiE'X' ONLY.
G421 TOP HAT WiUY - Homtmber JsE Set Wii^ on (he old S bit
campuiers, wal this platform game s based on that clas^.
Qi^Zt AUTO MOBILES V1 .11 - New felea^ cd this Skid Marks
type racing ^me. Mors tradus. improve car COfrtTOl and lbad& Qif
other imprpvennenta. Brilllajm graplilc?-
G366 ELLE MCPHERSON CARDSET ■ Cards ftyf Klondike Deluxe
AGA.
03?i SUPER OSLR^IATION ■ Amailnjf Pang clone. Top flame.
Amiga Formal.
G37& SPECTRUM 0AME3 lO - Games for the S^jednjm
amulatdr.
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Card game in £56 colours. Superb, Loo); out for ttie
graat carcJEiets. A1 2iXl ONLV.
U5 1 2 AF COPY v4 - Directory CfiUS type Hie manager with
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U513 29d DOLOUR ICOKS - Give your Woriibench an a«tra touch
ol Class wit^i these supaib 256 coIcr>t icons. Ai20Ci ONLY.
US 14 IMAGINE 3.0 TEXTURES GUIDE - For Irat^ine 3.0 oiily.
USi^ MUl u2.2 - Dufl to popular demand. WuW User Imeriice.
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USifi VIRTUAL MEMORY UANAQER V2.1 - Turns your hard
drive bnto visual mamory wfiidi wil irtcrease your overall compular
memory. Requires a 6ao4£i or 631)30 C^PU with hlUU-
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U521 VIDEOTRAOKER 2 AGA - CreaJe amazing looking AGA
demos with no Godir.g enperianca. A120Q Of^LY.
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ja's. Mn-T Arj:>rj ■..^.
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Alien Bread AGA. Assassin SE, Body Blows, Body Bhnvs 2 £CS,
Goat. Ishar Z, Lentmifxjs 2. Rufi and TumWe, Super Stardust,
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LI531 ACnOH REPLAY :1V AGA - Sotware Actiof) Replay. Rip
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U532 MORE SSfl COLOUR ICONS - Loads more great lodns plus
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U-tae DISK 1MAG CREATOR v1.21 - Produce your own e&k
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U443 AMIGA DOS GUIDE vl.O - Provides useful help on
wtiet tti? DOS cr^mmands are end whet Ihey dO- PiuS many
ol ihfl common Doa error codes eKp'ainGd in English, fltc...
U437 AMDS EXTENSIONS - Seven great Amos/Amos Pro
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U44S jtXAM SPECTRUM EMULATOR AGA vf 3
C^limised Speccy Bmulafor to run games as fast m
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% WMpf •
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Magto Menu v1.9.
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82 PUBUC DOMAIN
can never be bothered to fiddle around with a CLi
program to encrypt my files. However, The Secret
Key may turn me into a more security-conscious
person, as it has its own GUI.
The program can toad and save ASCII text or
encrypted text. To decode encrypted text you'll
need a key, keys can be loaded and saved as well.
If you want to send an encrypted file to a friend,
all you have to do is make a key, load the file,
encrypt it, save the key, save tUe file and send
both to your fiend. That's about it, simple and
pairtless.
• CI D is an interesting program that can be
used in conjunction with certain modems to keep
a record of who has called your modem. If you
have a modem that has Caller ID ROMs then your
modem will be able to recognise the phcne
number of callers. CID can then store the callers
in a database and thereby inform you of who has
called and when. Unfortunately, as we don't have
the necessary phone system in this country at the
moment I couldn't test it out. But there is no
reason why it shouldn't work.
This is a reasonably solid collection from 17
Bft, but it is let down a little by one or two of its
programs, and is probably only worth considering if
you have ADPro.
Product Rating 80%
DWORDS PRO 4
Aml£anuts P.D.
I love word puzzles - they can be fascinating
and can sometimes even make you think about a
word in a different way. However, sooner or later,
no matter who you are, you'll run into an anagram
or crossword that is too tough for you to handle.
It's times like these that you'll be glad that you
have an Amiga - if you have a copy of Words Pro,
that is.
You may already be familiar with Words Pro,
it's been around a few years now and is quite
popular among word puzzle addicted Amiga-
owners. This is the fourth, and probably f nal,
version of the program that was designed to help
solve anagrams and match words back in 1991.
''It is definitely one of the
best programs of its kind
and should help prevent
ntany a nervous break-
down,"
The program utilises a dictionary of over
100,000 words to match a user-defined pattern.
Defining a pattern is easy - you just enter the
letters that you have and insert a space for those
you don't have. After you've done that, the next
thing you need to do is perform a search.
If you are trying to find the missing letters
from a word in a crossword, you'll need to perform
a match search. This will search the dictionary for
words that will match the pattern you have set in
the same order. An anagram search will attempt to
find a match for the pattern, but will also check for
different sequences of the letters.
I was thoroughly impressed by the program's
performance and the size of its dictionary It is
definitely one of the best programs of its kind and
should help prevent many a nervous break-down.
Program Rating 88% CD
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send In the registered version of the program.
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This month we continue our quest to l<eep you up-to-date with the most
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Asgard Software ^ 0924 363059
and dislcs that have been ordered from two PD libraries. It gives you a
chance to see which programs are popular with your fellow Amiga-users.
Barking Mad
Spectrum Emulator AGA
PC Task V1.04
Amiga For Beginners Tutorial
Archivers collection
Share Manager V3.0
JC Graph
Diskmanager V4.00
GIF viewers and converters
Edplayer
Star Trek
20 Langdale Drive, Flanshaw, Wakefield, WF2 SEW
No Errors
ReloKick 1.4
Lyapunov
HD Click V2.53
Octomed Tutorial
Astronomy 2.0
Shadow Samplemaker 3.1
Desktop Video Stuff
Assasins Back to School
Discovery of the Atom
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AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
hotogenics
through the harriers of your imagination
muWp**
gimufts"'
HAM& F^"^' ~"
Support for
OpalVision, Rcasso2,
VLab and many
others.
images
iwusly-
Rw.rfu(Undc./R«do features, a.d
mutople fmage Rub-Throu^h.
Natural paint tools
like Chalk, Fen, Fastle,
Marker and Airbrush.
The ultimate 24'bit graphic and manipulation package
for any Amiga 1200 or 4000*
Natural paint tools -Airbrush^ Chalk pastel, Pencils and
more; "Paint-on " effects - Emboss, Tint, Negative, Blur,
Rub-Through and more; Edit multiple images
simultaneously in resizable windows; Paint in 24-bit
with realtime HAMS preview
• no 24-bit graphics board required.
^
• From
Almathera
* Pkotogenics will work on any Amiga with a minimum of 68020 CFUt 2Mb RAM and Kickstart 3,0.
Fbotogenics and the Phytogenies toga have Trademarks peiidirtg for Almathera Systems Ltd 1994.
Southertor House, Boundary Business Court, 92-94 Church Road, Mitcham. Surrey. CM 3TD. England.
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by M. Meany. Catalogue, -SOp + s.e.e.
Do rtot accept phone orders, credit
cards or direct debit Open 24 hours a
daiy, 7 days a week. New ownership,
Ani^ia PD, 30 Victoria Steet.
Felixstowe, IPll TEW. Telephone
(0394) 283494. Catalogue .70p.
Accept phone orders, credit cards and
direct debit. Open Sam - 5.30pm.
Airim 1 PO, PO Box 123. West IVI ailing.
Itent. ME19 6UA. Telephone none.
Specialise in Animation graphics.
Catalogue cost .60p. No: phone
orders .credit cerds .direct debit.
Aigsrd Software, 20 Langdale Drive,
Flanshaw, Wal(efield, W Yorks WF2
9EW. Telephorvfl (0924) 363 059.
Specialise In all types of Amiga PD
(apfM-ox. 4,000 disks in library).
Catalogue is £1.00. No phone orders,
no credit cards or direct debit. Open
Z4 hours.
Baridn Mad, 18 Rhyber Avenue,
Lanark, Lanarkshire, MLll 7AL.
Telephone (0655) 663530, Catalogue
FREE when sending a s.a.e. and/or
disk. Accept phone orders. Do not
accept credit caMs or direct detjlt.
Open 24 hours - 7 days. We fully
encourage swapping PD as well as
selling to try to spread good quality PD
as far as possible.
Beats Brother* PD, 6 Brownings
Close, Pennington, Lymlngton,
Hampshire, S041 SGX. Specialist
areas; Amiga games and utilities.
Catalogue £1.00 Inc P&P. Do not
accept phone ortlars, credit cards or
direct cfebit. The catalogue disk will be
released in August 1994.
Betiliaw'* Computen, 55 Balderton
Gate, Newark, Notts. Telephone and
Fax (0636) 72503. Catalogue FREE.
Aocept phone orders. Do net accept
credit canjs or direct det>lt. Open
9.30am to 6.30pm. Retail outlet,
customers can call at shop.
BQPD, 6 Peter Steet, Whitehaven,
Cumbria, CA2e 7Q3. Specialist areas:
I can supply any title reviewed in any
AiTlga magailne. I always have the
latest assassin coliections. Catalcgue
,50p or send a i^ank disk. Do not
accept phone orders, credit cards or
direct debit. I can also supply many
second hand (commercial) games +
utilities, aruj I can provide a PD
document printing service.
BIHz baalG PD, 30 Hiding [^ne,
Mickley, Northumberland, ME43 TDL
Specialise in Blitz Basic created PD.
Catalogue Is £1.50. Open Sam-Spm.
Orders processed within 48 hrs. Also
produce a diskmag for Siii users.
CIhIb's PDr 22 Merryfelds Avenue,
Hocldey, Essex, SS5 5M.. Telephone
(0702) 203826, Chris's PD disii
catosogue .70p, 2 disk Fred Fish
catalogue £1.40, both Chris's PD &
Fred Rsh disk catalogues £2.00 or
free if you send s.a.e. with sufficient
disks. Do not accept phone orders,
credit cards or direct debit. Op«i 6pm-
8pm Weekdays, 10arrv4pm Satundays,
All disks are virus free & error free. All
disks oniy .80p each.
CAH/I-PD, 26 Crowiand Way, l^orth
Arbury Cambridge CB4 2NA.
dull UaO, 57 Europe Rd, Lowestoft,
Sufttilk NR32 4BQ. Telephone (0a36)
328 263. Specialise in AGA and WB3
only. Catalogue is £1.00. No phorre
orders, no credit cards or direct debit.
Open 9am-7pm Mpn-Fri. One disk
free for every five bought.
CPU Coniputef n> Ubrary, 120 High
Street, Chatham, ME4 4BY. Tel + fax:
0634 826 218. Catalogite cost £1.00.
Open 9,30am-^pnn Mon-Sat.
Cndf Holmes Non-Proltt PO, 23
Rocester Avenue, Wednesfleid,
Wolverhampton, West li^id lands, WVll
3AU. Telephone (0902) 305209.
Specialist areas: latest virus checker^s.
Cstaiogue, free listing upon request.
Do not accept phone orders, credit
cards or direct debit. Open, mail order
only - but phone enquiries 9an>Bpm, 7
da^ a week. Additional info, all discs
£1.75 inc p&p. Bulletin hoard
aval I able on Sunday 2pm-5pm only.
Crnoitic, Offce 01, Little Heath
Industrial Estate, Old Church Road,
Coventry, CVS 7NB. Telephone (0203)
681687, Fax (0203) 638508.
Specialist areas: all latest demos,
comprehensive utility section aiKJ
complete coverage of tile PD
spectrum. Catalcgue nil for paper,
£1.00 for catalogue disk. Do not
accept phone orders but will within 6
moriths. Do not accept credit cards or
direct debit. Open 10am 6pm. We
offer total product support, plus we
can advise on any Amiga problem.
Deail BuilCl* PD, 53 East Street,
Ashburton, devon TQ13 7AQ. 70p for
two disks. Don't accept phone orders,
nor credit cards or direct debit. They
accept postal orders or cash - cash Is
sent at your own risk however.
Deck TIM flipper of Nn PD, 173
Trevlnd Drive. Rushey Mead, Leicester
LE4 7TTt. Telephone (0633) 661 610.
NFA productions are setting up a
network of PD houses across t)>e UK
in an effort to get PO to the public as
cheaply as possible.
Epic MariteUng, Victoria Centre, 139 •
139 Victoria Road, Swindon, Wiitthire,
SN2 361. Telephone (0793) 490988,
Fax (0793) 514187. Specialists areas,
desktop video fonts and tutorials.
Catalogue £1.00. Accept phone orders
and credit cards. Open 9.30am -
5.30pnn Mon to Sat.
Eaiex DontiHitar ftyatams, Freapost
CL2876, Southminster. Essex, Cfi^O
7BR. Telephone (0621) 778778.
Specialise in Llcenceware (central
iicenceware register C.LR. organiser).
Catalogue free. Phone orders
accepted. Accept credit cards/direct
debit. Open 10am . epm Mon to FrI.
Members of the Professional
standards for software distribution.
iltradtsk PO, 71 Phllllmoie Place,
Radlett, Herts WD7 8NJ. Catalogue
oost £1-00 (free if disk + SAE Is encl).
1^ ~ UcetiHware, 31 Wellington Rd,
St Thomas, Exeter, Devon 6X2 9DU-
Teiephone (0392) 493 5S0. Catalogue
is SOp. No phone ortfers, no credit
cards. Open 9am-9pm.
Fantasia PD, 40 Bright Sb'eet,
Gorsehiii, Swindon. Wiltshire, SN2
6BU. Telephone (0793) 610134.
Specialist areas: Stideshows. 30
rendered images (Ipeg) serious
software, Catalcgue .TOp + .40p P&P
or blank disk + S.A.E. Accept phone
orders. Do not accept credit cards or
direct debit. Open 24 hours. We are a
non profit PD house with all proceeds
going back Into the PD house.
F1v»«tar PD, 48 Nemesai, Amingfon,
Tamworth, 877 4EL, U.K. Telephone
(0827) 68496. Specialist areas:
education utilities, DTP games.
Catalogue .70p + Free Pi^. Do not
accept phone orders, credit cerds or
direct debit. Open 9am 2pm 7 days
a week. All disks .99p + Free disk
when buy 10 or more.
QD PO, 99 Tutnberry Rd, Greet Ban-,
Birmingham B42 2HP.
a,V,tl, ■ PO, 43 Badger aose.
Maidenhead, Berisshire, SL6 STE.
Telephone (0831) 649386, Fax (0628)
36020. Specialist areas: ail types-
Catakjgue 3 x Ist class stamps. Do
not accept phone orders, credit cards
or direct debit. Open 9am to 7pm- All
disks £1.00 inc P&P with a valid
accourrt number, first disk £1.50.
QD PD, 99 Tumberry Rd, Great Barr,
Birmingham B42 2HP.
Qothlk^ 7 Denmark Road,
Northampton, NNl 5QR. Telephone
(0604) 22456- Specldlst areas: Siiti
Basic 2 programming -f PO. 1^ not
accept phone orders, credit
cards/direct debit. Open Sat 10am to
5pm. We were Batty's PO Club, but
are now ooncentrating on Biit;: Basic 2
users.
Mefnesell PO, C. Home, 23 StanvreEl
Close, Wlncobank, Sheffield, S9 IPZ.
Telephone (0742) 4929S0. Specialist
areas: Amiga PD over 11000 disks,
CD ROMS. Catalogue, Free If a s.a.e.
+ disk are sent. Do not accept phone
orders, credit cands or direct debit.
Open from 9am till 6pm.
ICPUfi {Indepondaitt Gemnndore
pFoducta Uien Qroup), 45
Brookscroft, Lindon Giade, Croydon,
CRO 9NA, Telephone 081/651/6436,
Fax 081/651/3428.
iimnsdlBte Arts. 26 L^ndhurst
Gardens, Glasgow, G20 eqY.
Telephone 041/946/5798. (Jataiogue,
catalogue disk £1.00 (p&p inc). Do not
accept phcne orders, crsdeit cards or
direct debit. Open 9am to 6pm.
JJPO, 48 Bewick Drive, Sakersfield,
Nottingham NQ3 7GB. Tel; 0602 877
528. Specialise In utilities. Catalogue
cost 75p Inc. P+P Open Mon-Sun
9.30-4.3(3. All PD 99p. Hardware also
available. Special members discount
scheme.
HEW » II Softwar*, P.O. Box No 672,
South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 9YS.
Telephone 081/667/1617. Specialist
areaa: utilities, quality PD &
Shareware, system functions.
Catalogue, Introduction pack Inc disk
£1.00. Accept phone orders. No credit
cards or direct debit. Open from Sam ■
apm. Full disks pick your own fllas
SCO K=Bootable 800 K=Unbootable.
Mttgnetlo Fields Sharewere and
Public Oomain Scftware, PO Box 118,
Preston. Lancashire, PH2 2AW.
Telephone and Fax, (0772) 881190.
Accept phone orders, credit cards and
direct debit Open 9^n to 5pm Mon to
Fri. We also do PC + ST
MegaSsft, 78 Bockingham Green,
Basildon, Essex, SS13 IPF. Telephone
(0268) 559164. Catalogue, send two
blank disks + Stamps. Accept phone
orders throitgh Megasoft rinemijershlp
codes. Do not accept credit cards or
direct debit. Open 9am-llpm
everydary. Over 1500 disks. Ybu name
itvre stock it, £1-20 per disk.
Mieroianrt Siilletfii Board, PO Box 13,
Aldershot, GU12 CYX. Telephone and
Fax (0252) 25841. Specialist areas
Internet. Catalogue, only availebie
online. Do not accept phone orders,
credit cards/direct debit. Open 24 hrs.
MMX. 1 Chain Lane, Itewport, I of W,
P030 SQ^. Telephone (0983) 529594,
Fax (0983) 821599. Specialist areas:
PD, CLR Llcenceware, Commercial
Software, Manga video. Oetaloge FREE
with S.A.E. Accept phwie orders, credit
canis and direct debit. Open oflloe
NHVFtl, R. Monks, P.O.Box 42,
Grimsby, South Humberslde, DN33
IRY. Specialists areas. The PD house
is currently A1200 orientated, t>tON-
A(aA titles are available if they work on
an A1200. Catalogue disk + s.a.e. Do
npt accept phone orders, credit cards
or direct debit. Orders usually
dispatched same daiy. Catalogue disk
uses point and click and saves orders
to disk, also totals order with 10%i)ff
orders £10-00 or nrtore. Prices £1.00
per disk Inc p&p, 3 disk titles (e.g
Grapevine 19) - £2.80
NsmMli PO, 126 Mallard Kill,
Bedford, MK41 TQT. Tel: 0234 350
654. SAE fc)r catalogue. Also User
Group.
Numaro Urn, 21 Burstali Hill,
Bridlington, North Humbersids, y016
5NP Telephone (0262) 671125.
Specialise in a iot of A120O stuff -
beginners welcome. Catalogue costs a
blank disk or 1st class stamp. Phone
orders accepted buyer collects. Do not
accept credit cards/direct debit. Open
4- 10pm on Wednesdays, 9am - 1pm
+ 6.30am ■ 10pm on school holidays
& weekends. 75p a disk, SOp p-i-p.
(hillne PO, 1 The Cloisters, Halsali
Lane, Formby, Liverpool L37 3PX.
Telephone (0704) 834 335, Fax:
(0704) 834 583 (plTone voice line
f rst) BBS: (0704) 834 583. Specialise
in demos. Catalogue Is 50p. They
accept phone orders and Visa, Access,
Mastercard and Eurocard. Open
Mop-Sat 9am-6pm.
Orton VO, Mr Modame, 14 Ouston
Close, wsrdley, (>ateshead, NEIO
8D2, Telephone 091/438/5021.
Paul Betteit4ee PD, 25 Cunningham
Crescent, Bournemouth, Dor^t BHll
SDN. Free catalogue.
PstMlndar FO, 41 Marion Street,
Blngley, West Yorttshlre, BD16 4N().
Telephone (0274) 665205. Catalogue,
Free if a s,a.e, is sent. Do not accept
phone orders, credit cards or direct
debit. Open 9.30am - 5pm. We hafve
our 6,000 titles in our library and also
our PC shareware.
PO Soft, 1 Bryant Avenue, Southend-
on-Sea, Essex, SSI 2YD. Telephone
(0702) 466933, Fax (0702) 617123.
Specialist areas: Utilities and games.
Catalogue Free. Accept phone orders,
credit cards and direct d^it. Open
9am-7pm (Mon-Sat). PC-i- Amiga + CD.
Penguin Public Domain, P.O. Box 179,
Reading, Berkshire, RG3 3DD.
Telephone rtcne. Specialist areas Fred
Flsn and all other areas. Catalcgue
free but stamps appreciated. Do not
accept phone orders, credit cards or
direct debit. Postal only. All machines
catered for 500/5Ci0+/600/12OO.
PliHi 'AW PO, 101 Grove Road,
Gosport, Hampshire, P012 4JJ.
Specialist areas: Age* based Amiga
on^. Catalogue send S.A.E. Do not
accept phone orders, credit cards or
direct debit- Open for mall ord^ only.
PD is 60p a disk.
Pinnacle PO, 134 Buarth-yCapel,
Ynysybwi Pontypridd. Mid Glam, CF37
SPA. Telephone (0443) 790996.
Catalogue, disk £1.00 inc p&p.
Pmnlar PD, 46 Fairfield Gardens.
Eastwood, LelgfHjn-Sea, Essex SS9
5SD. Tel: 0702 520 520. Offer a
broad renge, especially Comms s/w.
Accept phone orders, but no credit
cards. Open 4pm-9pm weekdays.
9arTt-5pm weekends.
Rhierilefla PDL, 30A School Road,
Tllehurst, Readir^. Bertishire, RG3
SAN. Telephone (0734) 452416, Fax
(0734) 451239. Specialist areas:
Video applications. Catakigue £1,00.
Accept phcne orders, credit cards and
direct debit- Open 9am to 5.30pm, {24
hour answerphone). Est. since 1987.
Roberta SnsHh DTP. 190 Fattoden
Way. London, NWll SJE. Telephone
oai/455/1626. Specialist areas:
utilFtles, education, anlmaUon.
Catalogue .50p + .50p P&P or a blank
disk ■•• S. S.A.E. Accept mail order By
return of post. Do not accept credit
i::ards or direct debit. Open from 10am-
6pm Mon to Fri, 9am-12,30pm Sat.
We have a strong leaning to desk top
media publishing.
Saddle Tramp* PD. 1 Lower Mill
Close, Goidthorpe, Rotherham, South
Yortishlrs S63 9BY. Telephone (0709)
888 127. gataiogue is 50p, Accept
phone orders, but no credit cards or
direct debit. Open aii day, every day.
New library, first catalogue disk,
expanding daily. Stock email items, ie.
boxes, mats, labels etc.
Scribble Pp, 2 Hillside Cottages,
Burstali, Suffolk, Telephone
(0473)652588. Catalogue £1.00,
Accept phone enquiries only. Do not
accept credit cards or direct debit.
Open (rem 09.30am ■ 5.30fm. Atvy
PD/SharewaiB title can be ordered at
no extra cost.
Se«Mift Compirthie, Ttie Business
Centre, .80 Woodlands Ave,
Rustlngton. Sussex, BN16 3EY.
Telephone (0903) 860378.
Specialises In Amiga public Domain/
Ucenceware/ CD ROMS/accessories
etc. Catalogue free of charge with first
order. Aooeprt phone orders, credit
cards and direct debit. Open 10am -
7pm Mon to Fri, until 5pm on Sat.
SHf Retfoiidl VlriM Centra UK, 304
Leeds Rd, Eccieshiil. Bradford, W.
Yorks BD2 3LQ. Tel. + Faa: 0274 779
212. Specialise in virus killers. Open
Mori-Fri lpm-9pm. People can phone
the (tee Virus Helpline on 0274 779
212 during the above hours.
Software Expreuion*, 117
l^nnirtgton Avenue. Blshopston,
Bristol, BS7 9EX. Telephone (0272)
425987, Fax Is the same number.
Specialist areas: Preporvderance of PD
garr^es. Catalogue Free. Accept phone
orders, credit cerds and direct debit,
(except switch). 9.30am ■ 5pm. State
Amiga models when ordering.
StartriHilc*. 39 Lambton Road,
Choriton, Manchester, M21 IZJ.
Teiephone 061/881/8994. Specialist
areas; 1-3 Scftware. Catalogue Free to
customers orders. Accept phone
orders, credit cards and direct debit.
Open 9.30am ■ 5pm.
Tei«««an Computer Servloei. PO Box
1, ThrontocvCleveleys. Lanes, FYS
ISH. Telephone (0253) 829292.
Catalcgue, disk catalogue ■ 3 stamps.
Accept phone orders, credit cards and
direct debit. Open 10am to 5pm.
Ttte OfflcM Amoe PD Ulmry, 17 Wick
Farm Road, St Lawrence Bay,
Southminster, Essex, CMO 7PF
Telephone and Fax (0621) 778804.
Specialist areas: Arnos programs,
source-code disks, totally Amos disk
magazine. Catalogue £1.00 disk s.a.e.
for printed info. Oo not accept phone
orders, credit cards or direct debit.
Open, postal only orders, queries and
reasonable hour. We are the only
Amoa^iniy PD library in the UK, with
the longest running disk magazine.
Vrily PD, P-0- Box 15, Peterlee, Co
Durham, SR8 INZ. Telephone
091/587/1195, Fax 091/587/1195.
Specialist areas: PO + Shareware for
Amiga + PC, CD ROMS, + CLR
Llcenceware. Catalogue .7Sp inc p&p.
Accept phone orders, credit cards ar>d
direct debit. Open 9am ■ 6pm. We are
part of the 'UPD' group.
Vlnia Free PO. 139 Victoria Road,
Swindon, Wiltshire. SN2 3BU.
Telephone (0793) 432176, Fax (0793)
514187. Catalogue £1,00 or 4 x 1st
class stamps. Accept phone orders
and credit cards. Open 9.30am -
5.30pm !i/lcn to Sat. Have been
trading for 5 years in PD.
Vlaa^ Compirterfl Public Dom^n
Ubnry, 18 Station Road, imeston,
Derioyshlre, DE7 SLD. Telephone
(0602) 444501, Fax (0602) 444501.
Specialist areas: torlga hanjware,
software and peripherals as well as
PD. Catalogue .60p. Accept phcne
orders and credit cards, but not
switch. Open 9am - 5pm Mon to Sat,
Yotii ClKrtce PD, 39 Lambton Road,
Charlton - cum - Hardy, Manchester,
M21 OZJ. Telephone 061/881/8994.
Specialist areas: iicericeware.
Catalogue FREE with order. Accept
phcne orders, credit cards and direct
debit. Open 9.30am - 5pm Men Sat
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
86 AMOS
J w L C r
AMOS Action
You too could be rich and famousl Simon
Green shows you bov^ to make it big in the
yiforld of AMOS share\^are.
F
or me, one of the most Interesting aspects
of the Amiga has always been Its vibrant
Public Domain scene. Few other machines
have such a huge and varted library of Public
Domain software available for them. There are
hundreds of thousands of pieces of Amiga
Extreme VlotBncB - a hugely successful and
critically acclaimed AMOS shareware game. Did I
mention that I wrote It?
software available in the Public Domain, and ait
for little or no cost.
Hundreds of new titles are released every
week. The material ranges from complex utilities
and applications to demos, animations and
games. Sadly, the ways things are going at the
moment, the Public Domain could soon be the only
available source of new software for the Amiga!
AMOS makes it easy for people with relatively
littie programming experience, but with plenty of
original ideas, to create their own Amiga software.
Releasing your own software into the Public
Domain can be very rewarding in itself, but if your
product is good enough, you might even be able to
make some money out of it.
SHARE YOUR WARES
Shareware initaily seems like a rather strange and
confusing concept. Shareware programs are freely
distrlbutabie, so just like Public Domain programs
you can copy and pass them round as much as
you like. But the idea is that if you like the
program and use it regularly, you should send a
*!■ if * 14 H $
' • -3 ^ ♦
A good game doesn't need spectacular graphics.
The sprites In Extreme Violence are simple but
functional (crap, to be more precise).
small payment to the author. But why should you
pay for something that you've already got?
Well, in theory you do it to show your
appreciation for the effort the author has gone to
writing the program. After all, he or she isn't
getting paid for it otherwise. But more usually the
program is in some way "crippled" by having
features removed or limitations added, so that in
fact it is really just a demonstration of the full
version. This provides an additional, and much
more persausive reason to pay.
By "registering" the program with the author
you will usually recieve the latest, full version of
the software, and may even be sent updates as
they become available.
Incredibly, the shareware concept does work,
"DOOM", one of the most successful games ever
on the PC, was initially a shareware product. My
own shareware AMOS game "Extreme Violence"
has so far generated more than 200 registrations.
This may not sound like many, but it greatly
exceeded my expectations, especially since I only
released it as shareware in an attempt to find out
LISTING -VECTORSPACE GAME
YS#
Repeat
A#=Atan(v#)
_KtLLED.FalBe
JVI-IIlt<A#*AHa45/45.CI]
DEAC^O ; Ram HO, Of aliena killed so far
TABLE (H)=KI
t
Hest
' Initialise ship position («X/Vy}
3X-160 ! gV.128
ANQ90=AHO45*2
VK=SX : Rol.l SHIFT, WX : WY-SY i Rol.l SHIFT, WT
AHC180-iUI04S*4
1
AN036D>AltGt5*8 : MIO3«0tt-AHG3£D
' Initialise ahlp velocity (vx,vy)
VXbO I VY>0
' Craate Sin and Cob looic-up cablsB
1
Din _SlH(AHQ36!l,2),_COS(WJa3S0,2)
' Initialise aliens to edges of acraso
For Ht^l To ALIENS
Por 8-0 TO ANS360
E-Rud(3]
H#.H
If E-'D Then A(H,D)a(> : A(H,1)-Rnd(25e)
Mrai=S#«36O.0/AIIG3$0#
If E-l Then A(H,0)=320 : A(H,l)=Sn(l(256)
_SIH(N,0)=Sill(A»G#)«THaCST
If E>2 Than A{H,O).Hna(320) : A(N, i)=0
_COS (N, ) -Cob (ANa#) *THKDST
If E-3 Then A(H,D)-Rnd<3201 : A(N, l)-256
_SINtH, 1) "SinlANS*) *8V
Rol.l SaiFT,A{H,0)
_COa{N, 1) =CoB (AHG#) 'BV
Rol.l SHIFT, A(H,1)
Haxt
' Give alian random velocity
' Acray to stora bullae info
A(il, 2 ) aRnd (SPEED) - 3f EED/2
' (11,0) - X oo-ord
A(H, 3 ) -Rnd ( SPEED) -SPEED/ 2
' (ii,l) = Y Go-ord
A(N,4).Tnia
' (11,2) < X valocicy
Next
' (n,3) - Y velocity
1
' (0,4) = Active flag {True or FalBS)
' De-activats all hullata
For H>1 To BULLETS : B(H,4).FalBa : Bob Off 1-fN
Next
BULLBT3>3
1
Dim B(B0X,I,BTS,4)
' Draw titlaa ate.
BC=1 ! PC-1
Autohaclc 1
ClB : screen Swap : Cle
' Array to atore alien ln£a
BOK D,0 To 319,255
' (aa a^ove)
Tent 1, 8, "VectorSpace vO.2"
Dim A(ia,4]
Text 245, 9, "Level !"+Str$ (LEVEL)
For N=l To LIVES
Repaat
Faste Bob(H'l)*10,e,l
Next
h^VZh=l 1 Rem Level no.
Autobaclt
ALlSNS-1 : Ran HO. Of aliens
'
SPBEDsslOOO ; Rem Alien apeed
Repeat
OHAV-0 J Ram Gravity
' Get mouBB pointer poBltion (iiut,aiy)
LIVSSsS : Rem Ho. of livsB ramaiuing
XX-X Screen (X House) : Rol.l SHIFT, KX
mr.Y Soreen(Y Mouse) : Rol.l SHIFT, KY
AMIGA SHOPPER* ISSUE 45 •JANUARY 1995
AMOS 87
whether anybody really did make any money out
shareware. I'd like to take this opportunity to say
that (after more than a year and a
half) the registration offer is no
longer open - so piease don't
send me any more money!
DISTRIBUTION
The key to shareware success is
getting your program seen by as
many people as possible. One of
the easiest ways to do this is to
get your program on a magazine
coverdisk. This way you are
guaranteed that almost everyone
who buys the magazine will at
least look at your program. Seeing
as many of the Amiga magazines still have
circulations in the tens of thousands, this adds up
to a lot of potential customers. I was lucky enough
to get "Extreme Violence" on the coverdisk of
"Amiga Power" magazine in April 1993. Although it
was also available in the Public Domain, most of
the registrations I got came from Amiga Power
readers. It is worth noting that some magazines
will pay you directly for good, exclusive software
for their coverdisKs.
Another way to get your program seen is to
send copies of your disk to a few of the major PD
companies (17 Bit Software, PDSoft etc.). If they
accept it (and most of them aren't very picky) they
will usually offer you one of their own PD disks in
return, so it doesn't really cost you anything. If
your program is any good, you'll find that it will
soon spread, virus-like, between PD companies.
and eventually on to BBSs and the Irternet and,
from there, ail over the world, if you're lucky, it
might even get reviewed in the PD
sections of some of the Amiga
magazines, which is always good
publicity.
Always be prepared for a
larger response than you expect.
Brian Bell, whose game "Charlie
Chimp" was published on an
Amiga Format coverdisk after it
won the "Games Master" games
writing competition, received more
than 3000 registrations in a
matter of weeks. It certainly can
get a bit tiresome having to copy
and send off disks all the time.
Ptayabtllty Is the key
Ingredient In any game. Get
your Mends to play-test It as
much as possible.
but I guess that's the price of fame and fortune!
AMOS IN DISGUISE
There are several ways in which you can try and
disguise the fact that your program is written in
AMOS. My advice is to not bother - anyone with
any technical skill can find out anyway, and most
people are more likely to be worried about what
your game actually looks and plays like rather than
what programming language it's written in. On an
interesting sidenote, I'm reliably informed that
there are a number of full-price commercial games
that are written in AMOS, including "JetStrike",
"Valhalla" and "Genesia". Yikes!
EXTREME SOURCE
Those of you sensible enough to subscribe to
Amiga Shopper should find on this month's
subscribers' disk nothing other than the complete
AMOS source code to my critically acclaimed game
"Extreme Violence". This has never been released
before, but seeing as this is my last article, I
thought I'd give you all a little going-aiway present.
I wrote the game quite a while ago now, so be
warned that some of Wie programming techniques
it uses are a little "unconventionar, to say the
least. I would certainly do things differently if I
were to rewrite E.V. today, but you should stHI be
able to learn a lot from studying the code. And
now, at last, you will be able to tailor the game to
fit your own twisted desires.
MOUSEY ASTEROIDS
If you don't subscribe to the magazine and are
now feeling a bit left out, don't worry. For your
entertainment I now present "VectorSpace", a fun
little game for you to type in and play. The listing is
a bit longer than usual, but I hope you'll agree it's
worth the effort of typing it in.
The game itself is admittedly somewhat similar
to the classic old video game "Asteroids". The
difference Is that this version has a rather unusual
mouse-based control method, similar to the one
used in "Cannon Fodder". The ship always points
towards the mouse pointer. Pressing the left
mouse button causes the ship to accelerate in the
direction it is pointing. The simulation includes
friction, so when you let go of the thrust button
the ship will ^adually come to a halt.
If you keep the button held down you'll find the
ship tends to oscillate around the mouse pointer.
The right mouse button fires a bullet in the
direction the ship Is pointing, i.e. towards the
HKiHouee Key
Else
inc FC
' Calculate angle between ship and mouse polntar
Snd If
CX=KX-HZ
Else
Di-ire-wv
FC=10
End If
D£aBS=AbB(DX)
'
DYABS=AbB (DY)
' Move and draw bullets
for H=l TO BOLLETS
If DYABS<DXABS
If BIN, 4)
1= (EIABS*ENTRY3) /DXABS
3X^B (N, ) : Ror . 1
SHiPT.sx ; sx»sx and mask
A>T&BLE(I)
SI=B(H,1) i Ror.l
SHIFT, SY ! SY-SY and KASK
Else
BBOBcl+K
1= (IIZABS*ENTRYS) /DIMS
Bob BBOB,SX,Sy,€S
A^ANCSD-TABLEtl)
Add B(N,0],B(H,2]
EOfl If
Add B(tt,I},B(H,3]
Add B[N,3),SHAV
If DX>-0
'
If DY>=0
< Bullets die at
edges of screen
AHGsA
If B(H,a)»HHX or
a(N,0)<Il or B{H,1)»IWY or B(H,1)<0
Else
Bob Off BBOB ;
B<H,41<FBlsa
ANS^ANGjeO-A
End If
End If
End If
Elsa
Next
If DY>-0
■
AHG=&Hel80-A
' Hove and draw aliens
Else
For N-1 To ALIENS
ANG-A+AH6ieO
If A{H,1)
End If
SX-iAtN,!)) ! Ror.l
SHIFT, SX : SXiSX and HASK
End If
3y-A(H,l) : Ror.l
SKIPT,SY 1 SY-SY and MASK
If AHG=AHO360 Then ANG=0
ABOBsl4^B0LLBTS+N
Bob ABOB, SX, SY, S5
' KovB ship in current direction if left mouse button pressed
Add A{N,0),AtH,2)
If Btst{0,MK)
Add A(II,1),A(N,3)
Add VX,_COS(AHG,0)
Add A(H,3),GRAV
End If
' Fire bullet If right iDOuae button pressed
If Btatd.MK)
If FC=10
Shoot
B(BC,0)=WX : B(BC,1)=WY
B(BC,2)=VX+_C0S(AHG,1) : B(BC, 3) -VY+_S1K(AHG, 1)
B(BC,4)-Trua
Add BClxl To BDLtETS
fC=0
^ Aliens bounce off edge of screen
If a(H,(l)<(! : AfH,0)-0 ! A(K,2)=-AtH,a) ! Snd If
If A(S,iKO ! A(H,l)-0 I A(N,3)— A(M,3) i End If
If A(H,0)>MWX ! A(B,0)«1IWS ! A(H,2)— A(H,2) ! End If
If A(H,l)>imY I A(H,l)=Hmf ; A(M, 3).-A(H, 3) : End If
' Check for collision between alien and bullets
If Bob ColtAB0B,2 TO 1+BDLLBTS)<>0
' If SO kill alien
Boom
Bob Off ABOB : A(tI,4)>False
mitnvM M p^ie 8«
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • iAKUMlY 1995
88 AMOS
mouse pointer. If the ship is stationary then the
bullet should travel through the point where
the mouse pointer is located, but if the ship is
moving things are more difficult. This control
method can be strange to begin with, but you'll
soon get used to it.
The aim of the game is simple. All you iiave to
do is shoot all the "aliens'" (which look
suspiciously like filled circles), whilst avoiding
crashing into them. Once you've killed all the
aliens on the screen, you'll advance to the next
level. One each level, one extra alien is added (up
to a maximum often), and their speed increases.
After level ten, gravity is also Introduced, which
maizes things even more difficult. I defy anyone to
get past level twentyl
The program is completely self-contained,
since it creates its own graphics firom data within
the program. When you run it for the first time you
will see the program drawing the ship sprites.
Once the program has done this once, there is no
need to do it again since the bobs will be stored in
VectorSpace
- a simple
but fun
mouse-
controlled
Asteroids
game for you
to type In
and play I
the AMOS bob bank along with the program. You
can then remove the line of the program that
reads "Gosub MAKEBOBS".
You might like to try editing the bobs using the
AMOS sprite editor, since I admit that they're not
quite up to the standard of "Super Stardust" as
they stand. There are also various variables in the
program that you can try changing to alter the
parameters of the game.
Despite using only integer arithmetic and
making intensive use of look-up tables, the
game does slow down a bit when there are lots
of objects on the screen, so it's a good idea
to compile it with the AMOS compiler if you
possibly can.
RARTIHG IS SUCH
SWEET SORROW
Well, that brings us to the end of this month's
"Amos Action", and sadly to the end of my brief
residence as the host of these pages. I hope
you've all enjoyed it as much as I have. I'd like to
thank Richard Baguley and all those at Amiga
Shopper who over the past months have done
such a good job of taking my quirky (and invariably
late) copy and transforming It into something
resembling coherent articles.
Respect must also go to Cliff Ramshaw for
giving me that all important first break way back in
July of last year. Most of ali I'd like to thank all
those people who've been kind enough to send me
nice letters, and I only apologise that I haven't
been able to reply to you ali personally. I love you
ail. Thanks for reading, See-ya! ©
crnitinuwl flow pngc 87
iDC DEAD
End If
End If
Next
' Move the ship according- to its velocity
Add HX.VX
add flY,VY
' I don't think you appreciate the gravity of
th& BltUatiOEL. , ,
Add VY,GHAV
' Give me a OHM
VX».(VX*31)/32
VY.(VT*31)/3a
friction, Ssaliy.
' Ship bouscee off edge of ecieen
If WXeO Then WX=iO : VX=-VX
If MY<o Then wy=D : vy=-vy
If WX>KWX Then MX-MHX ; V2=-VX
If «V>KWy Then WYaMWY ; VY=-VI
' Work out screen oo-ordB of ship and draw it
SX-trX ; Ror.l SHIFT, SX ! SXsSK and BASK
SYoHY : Ror.l SHIFT, SY ; SltiSY and MASK
Bob l,SX,S!f,AHQ+l
' Check for collision bet^teen ship and aliens
If Bob Col(l,l+Bl7I.I.BTS+l To 1+ BULLETS + ALI ENS)
' If BO kill ship, deorement lives
_Kll,LKD.True ! Dec LIVES ! Boom
For SsPOS To POS+64 Step 4
Bob 1,SX,SY,N mod 64
Bob clear : Bob Draw
Screen Swap : Wait Vbl
Next
End If
Bob Clear : Bob Draw
Screen Swap
MBit Vbl
Until _KII,LBD or DEAD=AL1ENS
If Hot JILLED
' Advance to next level
For H=0 To 96 step 4
Play '6l001,H,l
Play 56110, 96-H,l
Next
mo IiBVBL
If M,IE1)S<10
If LEVEL>ld :
Add SPEED, 100
End If
: Inc
Add
ALIENS
GRAV,2
: End
: End
If
If
Until
LIVESsO
' End of game
Locate ,10 : Centre
Screen Swap
SAHEOVER^Palse
i-G A
HE
V B R
Walt 50
Repeat : until House Key^O
Repeat : Until House KeyoD
Clfl : Screen Swap : els
Bob OH
until
End ''
HAKEBOBS :
' Create ship bob
nniipoiifrTS=3
SIZE- 5 : ROTS>64
CX=8 : CYsS
AHGSTEP».360,0/ROTS
Dim PiNOMPOINTS,!)
Dim RP(KCMP01NTS,1)
Restore
For H-0 To NUMPOINTS
Read X,Y
P(N, 0)=X«SIZE
P(H,l)-y*SIZE
Hext
' Ship object data
Data l,0-,-l, 1,0, 0,-1,-1
B=l ! Degree
For A#.0 To 360 Step AHGSTKPi
' Rotate and draw ship
Por H=0 To NDHPOINTS
HP[N,0) = (P(N,0)«Cos(A#>-P(N, l)*Sin(A*ln+CI
HP(H, l)i=(P(N, 0)*Sin(A#)+P(N, 1)*C0S(A#))+CY
NB3tt
CIS
Draw RP{0,0),HP(0,1) To RP(1,0),RP(1,1)
Draw HP(l,0),RPIl,i) To HP{2,0),RP(2,1)
Draw lPt2,0),HP(2,l) To RP[3,0) ,RP(3, 1)
Draw RP(3,(J),RP(3,1) To RP (0, 0) ,RP{0, 1)
Get Bob B,0,0 To 16,16
BOX 0,0 To 15,15
Hot Spot B,GX,CY
Inc B
Nszt
I
' create bullet bob
CIS
Bar 0,0 TO 1,1
Get Bob 65,0,0 To 2,2
' Create alien bob
CIS
Circle 8,8,7 : Paint 8,8
Set Bob 66,0,0 TO 16,16
Bot Spot 66,7,7
ClB
Hake Haek
Return
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USER GROUPS 93
Find your local group
Your at-a-glance guide to every Amiga user group in the vforld*
SOUTHEAST & EAST
AddlHtnn* 1-i Amiga Club. Con-
tact Peter Duokett ■• 0932
855834 after Bpm,
AaMard Kent Vtouth Computer
Group. Contact Jim Fanning b
0233 629B04,
Baiwtsad Limited Edition Soft-
ware. Contact Les, 28 Congcrcft
Avenue, Banstead, Surrey SM7
Becciet Waveney Amiga {WAM).
Contact Stephen OocHerell b
(0502) 711 888. 10 Hlllorest
Close, Worllnghamr Beccies,
Suffolk NR34 7BY,
BviHord N6me&l£ Amiga Group.
■Andy Melbourne, (0234)
350654, 126 Mallartl Hill,
Bedford, MK41 7gT.
BrBntwDod Hermit Computer
Club. Contact John Maynard
n 0277 S1S897.
Brighton Menover Computer
Club. Contact Colin Jones »
0373 602834.
Bromlsy ICPUG South East. Con-
tact len Beard
B 0689 S30 934.
Bromtard Better TTian Life. Con-
tact MarK Waters, 7 Union
Ocwns, Brotard, Herefordshire
HR7 4QT.
CamlMrtey Camberley User
Group. Contact FWellbelove ■
0252 87 1546.
CambiMgi Cambridge Sixty-
Eight Group (CASE). Contact EPL
Rowell
B 0954 210692.
Chfltlum Beaconsfield and 01^
tiirt CC, Contact Philip LIshman
n 0494 782 298.
Clurton Cheapo PD Club, Con-
tact Jason Meachen, Ivy Cot-
tage, Chapel Road, Beaumont,
Clacton, Essex C016 OAR.
Coulnlbn The Crumblles. Corv
tact Frank Barron
« 081 668 769S
EnfIsM Enfield Amiga Club. Con-
tact Sean Clifton "081
8042867
Folkaston* Amiga 101. Contact
DCryer
« 0303 245 378.
Q*rn)t4a Cniu Chic Computer
Club. Contact Steve Winter »
0753 884473.
Hafttlnga Computer Club- Con.
tact » 0424 421480.
Honham Amiga Zone. Contact
Gareth and Raymond, 7 Svrincton
Road, Horsham, W. Sussex
RH12 2HE.
Iptwkui Not the Night. Contact
Andrew, 8 Lanark Road, Ipswich
IP4 3EH,
LiilglHDn-Saa Sensible. Contact
M Street, 158 Hadleigh Road,
LeIgh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 2LP.
LvlglwtvSfla The Swop Shop
Club. Contact Ian Prentice «
0702 710267.
Lontkin (Ea«t Ham) Amigaholics
Club. Contact
Kevin Bryan
1071-580 2000 Ext 240.
1 (Hampitoad Qard«fi
) Amiga Club, Contact Imp
" 081 455 1626.
Lonikin {WInclinHfs HIH) Ac-
cess information
Tectinolog/.Contact Darren
« 0956 229729.
London PD for beginners.
Contact M.Mac las
» 071/924/5528 before 6pni.
14 Tptterldge House, 15
Yelverton Road. London ,
SWll 3QQ,
LDndon TwiligJiL Contact 13
Mavis Court, Ravens Close, Lorv
don NW9 5BH.
Urtmi, Plague Amiga Users
Group. Contact Russel Lev^s
0582 4S4 614. 44 Moreton Rd.
North, Lulon LLI2 9DP.
Lirton Amiga Users Group.
Contact Dave
IT 0582 481952.
MiHidnlar APDEG (Amiga Public
Domain Exchange GroupJ.Con-
tact Richard Brown * 0263
720868.
Norwich AGA Exchange. Contact
H. Phillips, 18 Brovmshlll,
Cromer, Nor^ch NR27 OQA.
Horwlcli Magic Windows. Con-
tact Frame, 26 St Benets Road,
Stalham, Norwich, NR12 9DN.
Romford i:ilgital Disk Amiga.
Contact David Cowell » 081
S90 2546.
Rye Rye Amiga Group. Contact
Oliver Campion » 0797
222876.
Sltt1ii0nunw Sittingtwume Co-
Dp Amiga Club. Contact Andy «
0795 842 608, The Bungalow,
l^ycol Hill, Newington, Sitting-
bourne, Kent ME9 SNA. Postal
memberships offered. Support
BBS
B OSl 905 7002 (data).
Southampton Blitz programmirig
Club. Contact mr D Collins, 6
Bentley Green, Southampton
S018 5SB.
$oiithsiHUHvS«a Sou^erKJ
Team. Contact » 0702 333974.
Sutton Agnus. Contact Philip
Worrel, 115 Brocks Drive, ^k)rth
Cheam, Sutton, Surrey SM3
9UW,
Stockdalo Amiga Owners
Society. -II m & Wayne. (0304)
380670 -^ (0304) 362297, 100
Stockdaie Gardens, Deal, Kent,
CFi4 9BN.
Tltetford Bizart Dlvkmag. Con.
tact Stephen Iviarghan, Timber-
ton House, The Mount,
Buokenham Tofts. TheMord, IP26
5HP.
Thornton Keith AmigaBASiC
club. Contact: Imran Ahmad »
081 689 9102.
Watford Hertfordshire Amiga
Users Group. Contact Keith
Alexander b OSl 421 1784.
Wett Watford AmigaSoc. Con-
tact Neil Cartvmght tr 0923
248483.
Wlndluham Ninja Software PD.
Contact Gary Bowen (0276)
479615, 11 Hutton Close,
Thorn-down Lane, Windlesham.
Surrey, GU20 6DN.
WIttiaiJI Amiga Witham Users
Group. Contact K Anderson «
0376 51S271.
Wiirthlng Imagine, Lightwave,
Real 3D objects. Contact
Michael Moorfield, 4 St
Botolphs Crt, St Botolphs Rd,
Worthing, West Sussex BNll
4JH.
YarmoiiUi Robotrtmix Amiga
Club- Contact P Symonds
«f 0493 667161
SOUTHWEST
Bodmin Amiga Users Klub (Bod-
min). Contact Jack Tailing, 1
Windsor House, 19 Castle St,
Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 2DX.
Bournemouth Amiga Club. Con-
tact P Chamberlain
» 0202 296714.
Bristol Avon Micro Computer
Ciub, Contact Roger or Bob
B or Fax 0272 311642.
Bristol Bristol Amiga Club. Con-
tact 3 Patltstone
Avenue, Hwfield, Bristol BS7
OBX.
Bristol EmuSofc. Contact
Naipex, 48 Lon^andstones,
Cadbury Heath, Bristol BS15
6AP.
DuldnHoM CC. Swapsfiop.
Contact Tom Hampson
B 061 339 9488.
Exstor Exeter 16tiit User Group.
Contact Andrew Deeley/Phli
Treby at 25A Gloucestershire
Rd, Exwick, Exeter. EX4 2EF.
London PD for b^inners.
contact M.Maclas
« 071/924/5528 before 6pm,
14 Totterldge House, 15
^lyafton Rd, London ,SW11
3QQ,
Raadtiis Chariies PD. Contact
Charies Read, 10 The Cedars,
Tilehurst, Reading, Berks RG3
6JW.
Sallsliury CHUD. Contact Mr M
Seilars
n 0980 33154.
Taunton Imagine Object Makers.
Contact Charles Mo, 16 Calder
Crescent, Taunton, Somerset
TAl 2NH.
Torquay Ami-Info. Contact Paul
Caparn, Homaside, Higher War-
berry Road, Torquay, Devon TQl
ISF.
MIDLANDS
Birmingham 6.8000 Ih Birming-
ham. Contact Mike
Bedford-White, 16 Westfleld Rd.
Acocks Green, S'ham B27 TIL.
Btrralnglism Software Exchange
Service. Contact Michael Pun
-IT 021 459 7576.
Covontry Coventry and Warks
Commodore Computer Club.
Contact Will Light b 0203
413511.
Dertay Living Poets Society-
Publication and appraisal of
creative writing. Sean
Woodward. Rdo 2:2503/104:
11. Menin Road. Aiiestree,
Dert)y.DE22ZNL, UK.
Horefofd Hereford Amiga Group
Help. Contact John Macdonaid "
0981 21414.
UiGutor NFA. Contact NFA
Productions (0533) 661 610.
PO Box 323, Cambell St,
Leicester.
LotiflibDrrHigh Leicestershire
Amiga Users, Contact Daz or
Eitdy B 0533 375 147 or
(0509) 267 198. PO Box 10.
Mountsorrel, Loughborough.
Leicestershire LE12 7ZZ
LoughboToueh BR & CJ Com-
puter Club. Contact B Robinson
B 0392 72889 or b 03922
841296,
Melton Mowbny Melton Amiga
Users, Contact Stephen Mow-
bray
B 0664 63421.
Nottlii0iam Robin Hood Amiga
Users. Contact Kristian Denman
(0777) 838 248. 2 Beecti Walk,
Elkesley Nr Retford, Notts DN22
SBB.
Nottingham East MkJIands
Amiga User Group. Contact
Richard Ha/thorn » 0602
298075.
Sollhvll I!>eluxe Cheats Disk
User Group. Contact Steven
Frew. 96 Campden Green, Soil-
hull, West Midlands B92 8HG.
SolWiull Sid The Kid Amiga. Con-
tact Sid Reeves, b 021 705
S619.
Solihull Soiihuii Computer Users
Group. Contact Rich or Lee, 41
Leafietd Road, Solihull, W. MkJ-
lands
B92 6NZ,
Stol(»oii-Trent The Amiga
Studio, Contact Dave Rose
(0782) 815 589, 25 Zodiac
Drive, Chell, StokeK?n-Trent.
Staffordshire, Midlands ST6 6NJ
Stok»«n-Tt»l«t ANDY PD contact
Andrew Shufflebotham « (0782)
77S014, 2 Sussex Drive,
Kidsgrot^, StokeonTrent, Staffs.
ST7 IHQ.
SuttniMm-Saa Aden PD. Contact
Den Rounding. S Primrose Lane,
Miami Beach, Trustliorpe Road,
Suttornan-Sea, Lincolnshire
LN12 2JZ,
Toltonf Shropshire Amiga Link.
Contact M Cockayne v 0952
691376.
Talt^Hd West Midlands Amiga
Club. Contact Kevin Genner
Telford Snooker Centre, Canon-
gate, Oakengates, Telford, Shrop-
shire.
Wttney Cacophony (Unlimited),
Contact Mark WIckson, 49 Per-
rott Close, North Leigh, Witney,
Oxon 0X8 6RU.
NORTHEAST
Balby Warpdrive. Contact B
Scales
B 0302 859715.
Barnard CaMIe Amiga Users'
Club. Contact Paul Kellett 67
Green Lane, Barnard CasUe,
County Durham DLi2 8LF
Banuley Access Amiga User
Club. Contact MaA Srimshaw,
20 Lily^iene Ave, Grimettiorpe.
Bamsley, South Ytorishife S72
7AA.
Bamflloy Amiga Programmers'
User Group. Contact Andrew
Postiil, 2 Selby Road, Newlodge,
Bamsley, South Yorkshire S71
ITA.
Cottsrick Champion PD Club.
Contact Steve Pickett, 31 Sorrt-
etset Close, Catterick, N York-
shire
DL9 SHE,
CfH«t»^4frStreet Chester-le-
Street 16-Blt Computer Club.
Contact Peter Wears b 091 385
2939,
Darflitglon Dariington Com-
modore Users Club. Contact
Steve Wheatiey, 1 Ruby St, Dar-
lington, Co Durham DL3 OEM.
Dariington Jemsoft Amiga
Users. Corttact Danwood, 3
Cavendish Drive, Darlington, Co
Durham
DLl 2GQ.
' Darlington National Amiga Users
Group. Contact Membership
Secretary, PO Box 151, Darling-
ton, County Durtiam DL3 8YT.
" 0325 362260
Durham The Amiga Ciub. Con-
tact G Starling, 31 Pine Lea,
Brandon, Durham DH7 8SR.
Hwii^ate Club 68000. Contact
Chris Hughes b 0423 891910.
Houghton-lfr^pring Club Amiga.
Contact Chris Longley, 5 Bowes
Lea, Shiney Row, Houghton Le
Spring, Tyne and Wear.
KslgMey Pennine Amiga Ciub.
Contact Neville Armstrong *
0535 609263.
MIcMsy Nothing But AMOS
Monthly disk magazine. Contact
Neil Wright ■" 0661 842292.
Nofth Borwiek East Lothian
Amig^ Group. Contact Mr J Curry
• 0620 2173.
Otaly Hariey's PD Swaperama.
Contact G Wimey » 0943
466896.
Rothorliam Software City. Con-
tact N Richards
USER GROUP IN FOCUS
Welcome to a new feature to this
section of ttie magazine - User
Group in focus. You can exfject to
see this from time to time, it will
■ liopefully be a regular tiling, but
depending entirely on how many
interesting User Groups a&k to be
featured.. . so get wiiting if you want
to be seen liere. if you are doing
something different with the Amiga,
then let us know about it.
London-based Amigaholics are
one ol' the best known and oldest
tJser Groups around, so we decided
to have a little chat with its founder
Kevin Bryan about Ihe user group's
ijeglnning and his opinions on the
Amiga and its future.
How long have you been running
Amigaholics and why did you
decide to start?
Tlie gvoup was formed about four
years ago. The main reason that I
decided to start running
Amigaholics was that I was quite
annoyed about some incorrect
advice that was given by an Amiga
magazine, and decided that I could
do a better job.
How many members do you have?
About 150 at the moment.
Are they all in the London area?
No, tliey are spread all over the
world - about 35 are in the London
area and there are others in Brazil.
Turkey. Finland and one in Malaysia.
What's the most common use that
your members put their Amigas to?
I'd say we have very few games
players, they are mainly into
graphics, video and DTP. We liold
regular woi'kshops that deal with
these topics, to help our members
make the most of these areas.
What do you and your members
think of the current Commodore
situation?
We're very upset about It. we
sometimes feel that Commodore
are not being entirely honest with
us hut that's the way Commodore
have been right down the line. 1
hope Commodore LfK will get it.
What are your hopes for the
Amiga's future?
Well. ! rather hope that it will be
targeted at o different customer -
instead of being marketed at
games-players it would nice to see
the serious side of the Amiga
pus lied a bit more.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
94 USER GROUPS
» 0709 526092.
SlwfflaM Steel PD. Contact
James Whitehead, 33 Middle
Cliffe, Drive Crovveage, Sheffield
S30 5HB.
SiialdlneTDM. Contact Gedney
Marsh, Spalding, Uncolrsshire.
StodcsfleM Bliut User Group,
contact Neil Wrilfit, 39 Hiding
Dene, Mickley Squsre,
Stocksfeld, Northumber-lant).
NE43 7DL.
Sundsriand Blitter. Contact Philip
Kruman, 213 Fordfield Rd, Sun-
derland SR40HF.
SuttoiHin-Sea Aden PD Club.
Contact Den Rounding, S Prim-
rose Lane, Miami Beach,
Trusthorpe Road, Sutton-on-sea.
Unc5LN12 2J2.
Tiinitall The Amiga Studio. Con-
tact Dave Rose
" 0782 81E5S9.
Washln^on Mainly Amiga. Con-
tact Ray Scott
T 416 9189.
Wliltelsr B^ Club Futura. Cort-
tact G Holland, 16 Hermiston,
Monhseaton, Wbilfey Bay, Tyne
and Wear NE35 SAN.
NORTHVtreST
A«rtngton Mew Hall Amiga
Users Club. Contact Bill Qrgrtdy
T 0254 385365.
Blackburn Blackburn Amiga
Users Grtjup. Contact Ei^c Hayes
" 0264 67 6625.
Bjackpoof Channel Z Diskmag.
Contact Darren Busby, 3 Edel-
ston Rd, Blackpool FYl 3HN.
Reetwood Fylde Computer Club.
Contact Colin Biss
n 0253 772502.
Lytham St Annes Amiga Users
Group Part 2, Contact Andy
Wilkinson « 0253 724607.
MacclesfMd Computer Club
(Est 19S3). Contact D. Latham
(chairman) ■» (0625) 615 379,
Fax: (0625) 429 667. c/0
Grantham House, Macclesfield,
Cheshire SKIO SNP.
0«waliltwlstle Myrtdburn Arrtiga
Users Club. Contact Nigel RIgby
"0254 395289
Sltelmemtala Computeque. Con-
tact Steve Lai ley » 0695
313TS.
StamtotS Under 18 Only. Con-
tact Joe Locker
■» 0780 64388
SCOTLAND
Aneus Amiga CDTV club. Con-
tact James Robertson « 0356
623078, 22A High St. Brechin.
B«thia1a Lothian Amiga Users
Group. Contact Andrew Mackle,
52 BIrniehill Aye, Bathgate, W
Lothian EH48 2RR.
Cowdenbeatrh Amiga FX. Con-
tact Ryan Dow
■» 0383 511 258.
C.P.C^ Uter OrrHipT Alistair
Lyons, 18 Braehead, Bo'rress,
West Lotbian, Scotland, EH51
9DN.
IhindM Tary-Soft PD Club. Con-
tact Dave Thornton ■» 0382
50543T.
Diinfennlbie Dunfermline Sound
& Vision Club. Contact Stan
Reed, 7 Maxton Place, Rosythi
Dunfermline, Fife KYll 2DG.
East Lotiilan Amiga Club [ev^ry
2nd week). Derek Scott ir 0620
823137, (Satgrtiay 1 - 4pm),
Bridge Centre, Poldrate,
Haddington, East Lothian, Scot-
land.
Edlnbur^ Edinbur^i Amiga
Club. Contact Stephen Fradley
"031555 1142.
Edkiburgh Edinburgh Amiga
Group. Contact Neil McRea, 37
KIngsknowe Road Nortfi, Edin-
burgj! EH14 2DE.
Glasgow Amiga Helpline. Con-
tact Gordon Keenan, Amiga
Helpline, 6 Skirsa Square, Glas-
gow G23.
Hawick Bordata Teri Odin BBS.
Derek Scott, 0450 373071. 26d
Harden Place, Hawick, Borders,
Scotland.
Invenwss Highland PD.Contact
David Paulin
" 0463 242431.)
Johnstone Using AtilOS. Contact
Colin IvlcAl lister
" 0505 331342.
Peirth Pertb and District Amateur
Computer Society. Contact Alas-
tair MacPherson 137 Glasgow
Rd, Perth.
Redburn Redburn Computer
Users Group. Contact Ruby An-
derson ■» 0294 313624.
W. Lothlaiv Amiga Computer
User Club. Contact Alistair
Lyons. 18 Braehead, Bo'ness,
W. Lothian, Scotland EHSl 9DN.
WALES
BangM Amiga lilaniags. Contact
Johnny, 8 Tan-y-Grais, Caernar-
fon Rd, Bangor LL67 4SD.
Carmarttien Bloomfield Video
and Computing. Contact Mrs
Beryl Hughes
T 0267 237522.
Chvyd ShieldSoft PD. Write to
26 Doren Avenue, Rhyl, Clwyd
LL18 4LE,
" 0745 134 3044.
CKvyd Solo (Amiga). Contact
Mike, 26 Doren Avenue, Rhyi.
CIvryd LUS 4LE. n 0745 343044
Neatti Amiga Navigation. Contact
Dave ThtMTbas 4a. Allister St.
Neath, W Glamorgan.)
Pow^s Blue Bedlam. Contact
Michael Grant " 0873 811791.
N IREUND
N Iruland N. Ireland Amiga User.
Contact Stephen Hamer, 98 Cre-
billy Rd, Baljymena, Co Antrim
BT42 4DS.
N Ireland Digital Intensity
(disifmag). Contact Simon Den-
vir, 40 Old Cave Hill Rd, Belfast
BT15 5GT.
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Amiga sports Fane. Contact
Jamie Last Vork Holism, Church
Road. Elmswell Bury St Ed-
munds, Suffolk, IP30 9DY.
Angus Asnigs f^usicians Club.
Contact Gavin Wylie, Guthrie
Street, Carnoustie, Angus.
BaslngfttDke AWIOS Program-
mers Exchange. Contact J
Lanng, 7 Majestic Rd, Hacd^
Warren, Basmgstoke. Hants
RG22 4}iD.
BraiHtwi Fen An^iga Boatown-
ers. Contact D Beet Lock,
Branston Fen, Lincolnshire LN3
SUN.
BraunsbHi Nr Dav«ntry GFA
Basic Forum. Contact J Findiay "
078S 891197
BraunBtofl, Nr Davairtry Amiga E
Support Group. Contact John
nndfayir07SaS91197.
Broadatairs AMOS Programmer
Club. Contact Gareth Dowrtes-
Powell, 6 Brassey Avenue,
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?
Here at Amiga Shopper we spend our days
pondering on what yoy are all up to. Please set
our minds at peace - write in and tell us about
your user group. What do you do? Who is m it?
Have you organised some special event/ project
lately? We are extremely nosy - we want to
know everything, right down to the juicy details!
We could make you the User Group of the
Month and as such you will be awarded a very
special (secret) price.
Get writing
Broadstairs, Kent CTIO 2DS.
Chslmsfonf Independent Com-
modore Products Users Group.
Contact Dawd Elliott
n 0245 328 737
Durham, Under 18 PD User
Group (JB'B PD). Contact J Black-
burn, Longndge, Potters Bank,
Durtiam DHl 3RR.
eiasgow 24tiit Club. Contact
Qordon Keenan, 24*11 Club, 6
Skirsa Square, Floor 1, Glasgow
Q23.
HlghfteWs CDTV User Group.
Contact Gary Ogden, s P7S5
22705S.
Un^eld In Toucti Amiga.
Contact P Allen, ■» 0342
S35530, PO Box 21, Ungfield,
Surrey RH7 6YJ.
LoiHlon {Rldrniand) Micro Acad-
emy. Contact Don Pavey b OSl
B7S 1075.
London Independent Coitl-
modore Products Users Group.
Contact the Membetstiip Secre-
tary (Fax
" 081 $51 3428).
■» 081 651 5436
Lothlait Independent Com-
modore Products Users Group-
Contact David Hope tt 0555
Sll 955..
Macclesfield Independent Com-
modore Products Users Group.
Contact Peter RIchardsort
" 029S 23644
Msidsnhead Independent Ccm-
modore Products Users Group.
Contact Mike Hatt
" 0753 645 728.
Manchester CDTV U^ers Cfub.
Contact Julian Lavanlnl, 113
Fouracres Rd, Newall Green,
Manchester M23 8ES.
New Whlttlngton Dlgrtal Music
Club. Contact Roger Hunt
n 0246 454280.
Nonnanton BASIC Pro^ranmers'
Group. ContactMart Blackall
" 0924 892106.
Rocliford Ray Tracers. Contact
Neil Hallam, 12 Meesons Maad,
Rocbford, Essex SS4 IRN.
Romford Phoenix Demo. Contact
Frank
«■ 081 597 4661.
Rotherham Marksman (Trojan
Phazer user group). Contact
David Green, 67 Ttiicket Drive,
Maltby, RoSierham, S Vbrkshlre
see 7 LB.
Solent Independent Commodore
Products Users Group. Contact
Anthony Dimmer n 0705
2S4969
SwlBtfon Amiga Video Producers'
Group. Contact J Strutton ■»
0793 870667 betore 9pm.
Swindon MUG - MED Users
Group. Contact Richard Bannis-
■ ter, 6 Gievum Rd, Stratton St
Margaret, Swindon SN3 4AF.
Wallington OibEe Bureau.Contaot
AD
Commodore Users Group, Steve
Perry, P.O. Box 217, Bevedey
Hills 2209, Sydney, N.S.W.
Australia.
Australia Amiga Users Group of
Western Australia. Contact Bill
Sharpe-Smilh PO Box 595,
Clover- dale WA 6106 Australia.
Australia Corrip-U-Pal. Contact
Comp-U-Pal, 116 Macarttiur
Street, Sale, VirSoria 38S0, Aus-
tralia.
Belgium AUGFL wH. Contact
Lieven Lema, Meesberg 13,
3220 Holsbeek, Belgium.
Denmark Danish AMOS user
group. Contact Tom Poulsen,
DABG, postboK 127, 2640 Hede-
husene, DK Denmark.
Fiance 16-32 Micro. Contact F
Moreau, 132 rue Jean Fotlain,
60000 Saint-Lo. France v
315220 02.
France Maritime Amiga Club-
Contact CDR K Osei, GN Ships
Refit Office, 51 Rue de ta Bre-
tonniere, 50105 Chertjourg,
France. " 33 33225447.
Germany Royal Air Force Amiga
Ciud. Contact Stan \bun|, HiVIF
RAF Laarijruch, BFPO 43,
Germany Worldwide PD Club-
Contact Dave White, Berliner
Strasse 39, 40880 Ratingen,
Germany » 02102 499729
(Garmany).
Cireec« Amiga Athens club- Con-
tact Stefan OS Papamichael, 9
Derfeld Rd, Patlsia, 11144
AUiens, Greece » 01/2027973.
Greece Amiga Pros User Group
Greece. Contact Stefanos
Siopoulos, 52 Silivrias Str., N-
Smyrni 17123, Athens, Greece,
SEND IN YOUR DETAILS!
Amiga Shopper wants a truly comprehensive list of a)l
the Amiga user groups worldwide, if your user group
isn't on this page, send the form to Amiga Shopper
User Groups, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BM ZBW.
' OSl 669 7^85.
Wars Gamer-Link. Contact Stu^
28 Churchfield,. Ware. Herts
SG12 OER
W)t4iam Video Visuals. Contact
Chris BrowHr 4 Lavender Closfin
Witham. Esse>L CMS 2VG,
Wofklnston AMOS Programmers
Group. Corttact John Muiien at
62 Lonssdaie St, Woritirigton,
Cumbria CA14 2YD.
OVERSEAS
Aufltraria Southern Suburt)s
Ti 01/9349963,
India Indian- Amiga Fnends. Can-
taot BJJal, 46 Paragon 405
Lokhandwaza CompJeXp Andheri
(W}, Botnbay-40O05S.
Ireland Amiga Addicts. For info
SAE to A MinnocK Glonkeiiy,
Binn, Co Offaly, Ireland.
lir«lBnd AMOS Users. Contact
Brian Bell, S IW^ndia Park, Dun-
murry, Beifast BT17 CDS.
Ireland City Centre Amiga Group.
Contact Patrick Chapman, 70
BailygalE Crescent, Rngias East,
Dublin 11, Ireisnd. « 345035.
Ireland CUGi Commodore Users
Group of ireiafid- Contact Geof-
frey Reeves, c/o St Andrew's
Coiiege, Booterstown Avenue,
Slackrock, Co Dublin. « +353 1
2S8 3863.
Ireland Mavan Computer Ciub.
Cantart Marlt Arnold, Cannls-
town, hJavan, Co Meath, Eire
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AMrOA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
ASSEMBLER 95
Assembler.
Part 4
Toby Simpson greets the v^orld v^ith a joliy ^^Hello World" in
ffii5 fourth gripping episode of our Assembler saga.
In last month's thrilling Instalment we
Introduced stacks and subroutines In 6SOO0
assembly language, with the promise that
we mi^t actually do something Interesting this
month. Of course, It requires a very dlfkrent
definition of the word "interesting", but in this
gripping episode we'll write a program which
shows "Hello World" on the CU or Shell window.
Astonishing stuff, but surprisingly difficult in
Assembly Language, In a high level language, such
as 'C, this sort of operation is a breeze:
#iiicluda <Btdlo.h>
void DuiintYoid)
{
prlntf ("Bello VoiiaSn');
)
The catch is, when you compile this program under
something like SAS C, you'll end up with a final
executable of about lOK. This may not sound like
much, but it's a vast quantity more than it actually
needs to be, as we will discover. The final
executable v^hich we will create this month is 147
bytes, yes, that's about 70 times smaller; and
what's more, as you learn more about Assembly
Language programming over the months, you'll be
able to shave that down even further (to about
100 bytesi). Goodness, how is this possible?
Part of this is because compilers aren't as
good at generating efficient machine code as
human beings {although this is not necessarily the
case on some very advanced Microprocessors). C
compilers will insert all sorts of other code into
the program that you don't need, and won't use.
Modern C compilers are getting much better at
optimising this sort of redundant code out of a
final executable program.
Of course, it may be much smaller if you write
it in Assembly language, but as we've learnt in
previous months, it's not ail good news with
Assembly Language programming. Our entire
'Hello World" program is 71 lines long (including
comments), whereas the C equivalent is five lines
long. Programming any application in Assembly
Language is a time consuming affair, but the
control you have over the processor is enough for
some people.
For those of you who have not already had a
glance, the full listing for the 68000 version of the
C program above is shown in Listing 1. You'll
recognise a whole bunch of stuff we've learnt
already, but quite a lot of it will be new,
AMIGA SHARED LIBRARIES
AND MACROS
A library, in Amiga terms, is simply a collection of
sub-routines you can use grouped by the type of
thing that they do. For example, the "dos. library"
contains a range of sub-routines for Amiga DOS,
such renaming a fiie, or reading data from a file,
"graphics.! lb rary"'s purpose should be pretty
obvious, it contains drawing and other graphics
reiated operations.
The Amiga has a whole bunch of these
libraries, some are built into the Kickstart ROM,
and some are on your workbench disk. In order to
make use of one of them, you have to ask the
operating system where it is in memory, a process
referred to as "Opening a Library". The result of
opening a library is called the "Library Base".
Since the function to do this is in a library
itself, you can probably see our initial problem I For
this reason, one special library, called
"exec, library" has its Library Base in memory
location $04, Let's illustrate this with a small
example, and open the "dos. library', so that we
can make use of the subroutines (more properly
referred to as "functions") inside it:
Bove.l $04, as
nove,! #$QO,dO
lea DoaHame, al
jar -SS2(ae}
move,! dOrSoaBsaa
Let's look at this line by line.
Rrstly, there is not one instruction here that
we have not met somewhere else, so you should
at feast get the gist of what is going on. In the first
line, we read the exec. library's base into A6. A6 is
special when you program Assembly Language on
the Amiga, it is the register we use to store the
Library Base. When you call any Amiga library
function, it will assume that its base is held in A6.
Having read the library base in, we then move
the value into DO. Why do we do this? The
OpenLibrary function in exec. library expects two
registers to be set up when you call it. The first is
Al, which should contain a pointer to the library
name you wish to open. This should be what's
called a 'null terminated string", a collection of
bytes containing ASCIi codes for the name of the
library, with a zero byte to mark the end.
We can define such a string using the "deb"
directive, which we have used before:
DOBHame: deb "do a. library",
...this causes the 12 bytes of memory starting at
DosName to contain the values for d, o, s etc...
and finally a at the end. The second register is
DO, which the exec.library expects to contain the
"minimum version of this library you will accept".
See the box on page 96 for a list of current
version numbers, and how they relate to the
various Kickstarts out there.
You'll notice we specify as the version; this
means that we are not fussed which version the
user has, as we're going to use basic functions
which have been present in dos.library since
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The program In actloni You too can greet the woM In tltlg cAannfftf maanert
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUARY 1995
96 ASSEMBLER
KICKSTART VERSIONS IN CURRENT USE
V33 KIckstart 1.2
V34 KIckstart 1.3 (ASOO's, AZOOO's etc..)
V35 A special vsfsion of KIckstart 1.3 to support the Commodore A2024 monitor.
V36 The early version of KIckstart 2, versions 2.00 to 2.02
V37 The release verston of Kickstart 2, 2.04. (AOOO's, ASOO+'s)
V38 KIckstart 2.1
V39 KIckstart 3.0 (A1200's, A4000's)
V40 KIckstart 3.1 {CD32's and all those who have upgraded)
Kickstart 1.0, back in 1985! But, if you are using
functions in the dos library winicli were only
present from Kickstart 2, you would want to
specify a version so tliat you could abort if the
user didn't have it.
After setting up our registers, we then perform
a rather odd looking JSR instruction:
jsr -S52(a€)
This means, "Jump to the iocation which is 552
bytes back from the contents of register A6". To
understand this, iet's briefly iook at what a Library
base actually is. It Is a pointer to a jump-table. So
what is a jump-table? Well, it looks a bit like this:
JunpTable : ji^jRoutinel
jiii[)RQUtliie2
jiiipRoutine3
. . . fitc . . :
The coo! thing about this is that each entry in the
table is exactly 6 bytes apart. We know this
because a JMP instruction with a full 32bit
address after it is 6 bytes.
This means, that to jump to "Routines' In the
above jump-table example, we could do Ws:
leaJunvTabla.aO
add.l #12,ftCl
; Add two 6'B to AO
JBr(aO)
This should be reasonably clear. We get the
address of the jump-table into AO, add 12 to it,
which will take us to the line reading:
jiitpRoutliie3
...and then JSR to it using the instruction:
jBKaO)
This form of addressing is called Indirect. We are
JSRing to the address held in AO.
This example is three lines long, but we could
easily do it in two:
laaJmdpTaJslft, aO
Jsrl2[aa;
In this example, we are asking the JSR instruction
to add 12 to the contents of AO before JSRIng to
it. So why is all tiiis relevant?
Wei!, when you open a library we get a pointer
to a jump-table, which moves backwards In
memory from the library base. The entry in the
jump^table for the OpenUbrary function just so
happens to be 552 bytes back from the library
base. So let's have a look back at our library
opening code:
movB,l $04, a6
novs.l *$00,dO
lea DoaHana , al
jsr -552(a6)
move.l dO,l>OBBas«
This is all well and good, but there are some real
obvious problems here. The first is that you would
have to remember a huge amount of numbers to
use any library.
You'd also have to remember to move the right
library base Into A6 before calling the function. If
you get it wrong, the chances are your Amiga will
simply crash, and that will be the end of it.
Assembly language makes this sort of operation
much easier. If you've already glanced ahead and
had a peek at the example program, then you'll
see this sequence of lines to open the dos library:
START : leaDoBKame (pc ) , al
iLove.l #$Oa,dD ; H«'le sot
fuBaed vhlch version
SYSOpauLlbrary
iQOve.l dOiDosBase
b&qEXIT ; Ho dos, amazing. Abort.
What's the SYS instruction then? And why aren't
we setting up the exec. library base in A6? And
how come we can specify Open Library, and not -
552?
Good questions, and fortunately I have
answers to go with them I SYS is not a real
instruction, it is a macro. A macro is something
that we can refer to as one single name, and it
might expand to one or more assembly language
instructions. For repetitive tasks, such as library
access, it makes sense to come up with a scheme
which reduces the amount of typing you have to
make (and this the amount of typographical errors
also), and makes everything easier to read.
For this sort of task, we turn to macros. The
definition for the SYS macro looks like this:
sirs ! aaoro
nnve.l _EXECBAe2,afi
jsr_LV0\l(a6} ; exec. library access
macro
enda
By including the above in our program, we
generate no code at all. We just say to the
assembler: "Whilst you're assembling this
program, should you come to a reference to an
imaginary SYS instruction, please include this lot
instead". We can define a macro like this:
HacroHama : loacro
; put our macro bera
Bndm
Our SYS macro contains two instructions. The first
moves the exec. library base into A6.
We are not using $04 directly, we are referring
to a predefined value. This is better programming
practice, and it reads better. We can define this
value using the EQtJ assembler directive:
_KKECBASE: egu $04
Again, as with macro definitions, this generates
NO CODE. Instead, it instructs the assembler to
replace every occurrance of ".EXECBASE" In your
source code with "$04". We then use the JSR
instruction to call the library function:
JBr_LV0\l(aS)
Time for alarm bells. This looks nasty. Macros, like
machine code instructions, can take parameters:
extra options which dictate the action that they
take. We use our SYS macro like this:
SYSOp«nLlbrary
This actually expands to this, when assembled:
iiove . 1 _EXECBASE, a6
jsr _l.voopeiil,lbraiy{a6)
The \1 in Vne macro definition meant "Insert the
first parameter right here".
Of course, this still does not explain the
OpenUbrary, where did that definition come from?
THI INCLUDES
OpenLlbraray, and all of the other library functions
on the Amiga are already defined for you in special
files, which you can Include in your program to
save you typing them in. In addition to saving you
typing time, you also can't make errors typing
them in. This Is very useful. The catch with the
Include files, is that they cost money.
If you buy a commercial Assembler, such as
DevPac, or a compiler such as SAS/C or DICE, you
will get the Include files as part of the package. If
not, you have to buy them separately. They are not
expensive, and come as part of the Amiga
Developers Toolkit, which contains documentation
on every single library function, as well as stacks
of other useful information.
This is available from Commodore at the cost
of £23. If you're interested, you can send a
cheque for £23 made payable to "Commodore
Business Machines (UK) Ltd." to:
Sharon McGuffle,
Commodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd.,
Commodore House,
The Switchback,
Gardner Road,
Maidenhead, Berks SL6 7XA
Include a covering letter explaining that the
cheque is for the "3.1 Amiga Developers'
Upgrade".
If you're serious about Amiga development,
you might also like to enquire about becoming a
registered developer at the same time.
HOVIfEVER!
We've managed to get the 2.04 assembler include
files included on this months cover disk! These
files do not offer any of the include information for
specific 2.1 or higher operations, but will work for
this course.
Of course, we weren't able to include all the
examples, autodocs, debugging utilities and other
things which you will find on the Amiga Developers
Toolkit (a good handful of disks worth of stuff!), so
it's still worth paying up 23 quid if you're serious
about using your Amiga for programming.
The DevPae Ute assembler Includes a powerful
debugger. We'll be looking at this next month.
.w, VitUa ABOUT THE
ItEST OF THE PROGRAM?
Now we understand the basics of Macros, we can
move to the main listing. The first thing we do !s to
open the dos. library, version 0. We then store the
result of this (which is in DO), the dos. library base.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 45 • JANUART 1995
ASSEMBLER 97
into DosBase using a move, I. If OpenLibrary is
unable to open a library for some reason, it
returns in DO. We test for this condition using a
beq [branch if equal to zero). Having sucoessfuliy
opened the dos library, we can then use it to show
our tejct message.
It will be puzzling, but bear with us. Over the
coming rnonths we'll deal with dos calls more
thoroughly. In the meanwhile, you'll have to trust
me that it worl<s the way I say! RIe access is
achieved using a file handle. A handle is a magic
number which dos uses to wori^ out which file you
are tallying about. RIes don't necessarily have to
be on disk, they can be CLI windov^'s, or a
connection to the printer.
When you run a program from your CLI or
Shell, that program is abie to ask the dos. library
which file handle corresponds to that window for
outputting information and inputting information.
This is done using the Output and Input functions.
We call the output function like this:
DOS Output
The DOS macro ensures we call the right library,
and Output is the name of the function.
The appropriate handle is then returned in DO.
We then set up the three required parameters for
a call to the dos function Write. Write is used to
write a specific amount of data from a given point
in memory to a named file handle. Write's three
parameters are:
dl File handle to us«
d^ Addreaa of memory to b« wrttteu to
file
d3 Amount of bytes to be written.
We point d2 to the string "Hello World MO {the 10
is the code for "Newiine"), and d3 to the length.
We could count up the number of bytes
ourself, but we can make the assembler do the
work as you can see in the listing. We can then
Aa a ap»clal bonus on this
month's coverdlsk we havo a
tew special PD programs,
Including this one (calied
CelLfuto) which generates a
fractal pyramid thing.
call the Write function using the DOS macro:
D03 Hrlta
Write returns the number of bytes written, and
normally we should test to check for errors, but in
this case we're not fussed.
Since we've now finished with the dos.library
we now close it. This is very important! Every time
you Open a library, you must remember to close it.
Closing a library is simple, you put the library base
in Al, and call the exec. library function
CloseLibrary. We do this in the listing using the
following couple of lines:
move.l EoBBa8e,al
SY S CI ofl eLlbrary
Finally, we move zero into DO and return fronn the
program using RTS. This tells the program which
called us (the shell, for example} that we are done
now, and no serious errors occurred.
Since we've written this program so neatly,
and used Output instead of opening our own
window, we can take advantage of the CLI/Shell's
command line redirection to force output to go
wherever we want, knowing that our program will
read the appropriate file handle using Output.
For example, if we assembled the
program to disk as "ram:test.x'', we could put
the "Hello World" Into a separate file using this
shell command:
8.syataai3.l!> r<m:te8t,3[ ^remstello
If we then show the contents of this file using the
shell command type:
8.Syfltein3.1i> typo romihAllq
Hello Horldl
8.SyBtem3.1:>
That's enough confusion for this month.
Next time around we'll be taking a closer look
at libraries, and introducing some new 68000
commands to make these programs even shorter.
This month's cover disk contains the full listing to
this month's program and also Devpac Lite, a
demonstration version of DevPac. Happy coding!
Toby CD
LISTING I: HELLO WORLD PROGRAM IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
ttl''Hello world program in Assembly Language"
; Amiga Shopper Assembly Language Course, Part IV ;
!
I The great HELLO WORLD program I
) Tested with DevPao 3 and DevPac Lite.
section HelloWorld, oode
I
EHTRY_POIMT! bra.B STAHT
; Call start of progreuD.
I — Bmbedded version string:
VEHSIOH: do.b 0,"$7BR! hello. asm l.OO {6. 11. 94) ",0
)
] -^ Include files ....
incdlr "ino ; "
Include "exec/exec.i"
include "exeo/funodef .i" ; Sou may not need this.
include ''exec/exec_lib.i"
include "dos /dos. i"
include "dos/dos_lib.i"
; — Equates ....
_EXECBASE : e(Iu$D4
exec. library base.
t — Macro Definitions . , , ,
SYSi macro
move . 1 _KSECB ASB , a E
jsr„IiVO\l<ae) ! exec. library access macro
endm
DOS : macro
move.l DOBBase.aS
jsr_LVO\l(aS) ( dos.library access macro
,* — Main Program: ....
STAKT : 1 eaDo sHame ( pc ) , al
move.l #$Q0,dO ; We're not fussed which version
SYSOpem>ibrary
move .1 do , DosBase
beqEXIT ; Ho dos, amazing. Abort.
I
r — Find output channel for CLI /Shell window ....
DOSOutput
I — Sbow our string ....
move.l dO,dl ; Set channel to shell/CLI
leaOutputString(po) ,aO
move .1 aO , d2
move . 1 #0utputString_5HD-OutputString,d3
DOSWrite
!
; — Close dos.library and exit ....
move.l DosBase, al
SYSCloaeLibrary
(
1 — Now quit this program ....
ESIT: aoveq t$00,dO ; Exit program, no error,
rts
I — Data for this program ....
Dosfiase: del D ; Space for dos library base
DosHame: dc.b "dos.library",0 t DOS library name
J
Outputstring: deb "Hello World I ",10
Output St r ing^EHD I
1
! ••• END OP PSOQHAM ***
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of the Amiga to our review of the word processor
Pretext. So what do you lot think? Replies, on a
postcard please, to the usual address...
ANALYSING AJMIGAS
I'd like to make a few points about
the 'ideal' Amiga range of products.
• DIskDrlves - Every new Amiga
should Include a high density
diskdrtve. In my opinion it was a very
big mistake not to Include one with the A120D.
(Had they done so, It would have enabled
developers to put all AG A software on high
density discs, whteh reduces the costs, and we
would all iiave had a HD drive)
• CPU - The 'big box' Amlgas, which are
obviously meant for the more 'serious' tasks,
should have a full processor (with IHIVIU) and an
FPU as standard. This will encourage developers
to write code that actually uses an FPU. Lxiwer
end Amlgas, as the A1200, should have an EC
(without IMMU) processor and lack an FPU, slrkce
most users will not need tiiem, and It will reduce
costs. Maybe the lower end Amlgas can have an
FPU option.
• Memory - Ttie lower end Amlgas (read:
A1200) should have one or more SIMM slots as
standard on the motheri>oard. This is much
cheaper then having to buy a memory card,
which also fltis up your only expansion slot. I
think most people would happily pay a llttis more
when they buy the machine Instead of paying a
lot more later on.
• Expansion - The PCMCIA sk>t should be
dropped. In favour of a 32-blt expansion port (a
Ut like the side expansion slot of the A500).
White PCMCIA was perfect for the A600, It has
no use at ail on the A1200, Maybe an extra
parallel port coutd be added on the lower end
Amlgas. (Because of the absence of expansion
ports, a lot of peripherals use the parallel port}.
• Hard Disk - The IDE interface should
definitely stay on the tower end Amlgas. The high
end Amlgas should have a SCSI-li Interface and
maybe the IDE added as an extra. The user can
then choose at dealer level wether he wants a
SCSI or an IDE Hard Disk.
The lower end Amlgas should have the option
for a 3.5" IDE Hard Disk since they are much
cheaper. (Contrary to what Commodore says, the
A1200's power supply Is good enough for a 3.5"
drive. I've got an AX2Q0, with a Blizzard 030
accelerator, 4Mb Fast RAM and an external
diskdrlve - this all works well on the standard
power supplyl)
• Sound - I think the 8-blt is sound Is (more
than) adequate for the lower end Amlgas.
Professionals can add a 164)it sound card to the
'big box' Amlgas.
• Keyboard - Please, remove the two blank
keys (one next to the shift key, one next to the
return key) - they have no use. Clock All Amlgas
should have a battery backed up clock.
• MonKor/Chipset - With the AGA chipset
we can finally display higher resolutions without
flickering, but sometimes the Amiga Jumps back
to ISKhz. Because of this we cannot use a cheap
(S)VGA monitor, but have to use an expensive
multl/duaisync monitor The solution coukt be
some dlpswitches on the back of ^e Am\gfi (tike
on the PC) which 'k>cks' the resolution to either
ISKhz or 31Khx.
• DSP - I don't think there's a real need for
a DSP as standard, It could be an option though.
PS. I hope the new owners of the Amiga
range will do things better then the old
Commodore.
R.Weljnen Pastoor de Kroonstraat
DO0S Pfotext break the rules with Its printer
drivers? See PROBLEMATICAL PROTEXT,
The Netheriands
E-MAIL : r.weijnen@hsbos.nl
Some interesting ideas there, R, although I'm not
sure that I agree with al! of them. The first priority
of the new Commodore will be to get the existing
models out into the shops. Once this has been
achieved and tlie cash starts rolling in, we can
see about getting on with the business of
designing and building new models.
I especially like your idea about the switch to
lock the signal rate, as anything which cuts down
on the cost of a decent Amiga setup should be
weicomed. A device of the type you mention has
a i ready been fitted to one type of Amiga (The
A3000), and this allows you to use a cheap PC
style monitor and even play games on it (although
I'm sure that nobody around here would ever admit
to piaying games). After all, these days you can
pick up a fairly decent VGA monitor for, oh, around
£150. This is much cheaper than a comparable
Amiga monitor.
I'm also not sure about your statement that 8-
bit sound is adequate. I think that the ability to
handle 16*it CD quality audio without any
additional hardware would be a great plus, for both
serious and games use. Although there are some
excellent add on 16-bit systems (such as *Uie
Wavetools card and the Studio 16 system), a built-
in system would be much more flexible.
We'll be looking at the various samplers
available in a future issue, but don't forget to
check out our supertest of Amiga Music packages
on page 12.
PROBUMATICAL PROTEXT?
Thank you for reviewing Pretext 6.5 In the
NoventtMr Issue. However, I would like to reply to
your comments about printer drivers.
You said that "Protext talks directly to the
printer" and "this is a bit naughty in programming
terms". This Is not true; Protext accesses the
printer only through the operating system
(printer.derice). Indeed Protext does not "^ik
directly" to anything, It uses only operating
system devices. Pretext will print to any printer
through printer.devlce, it doesn't mind If the
printer happens to be on a network.
You also say that because Protext uses Ks
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own printer drivers, "If you have... an unusual
printer, you are not going to be aliie to use It",
On tiie contrary, you are more iikeiy to be abie to
use a printer with Protext than witl) other Amiga
software. Protext In fact has over 400 printer
drivers now, far more that Worltbench. Which
particular "unusuai printer" were you thinking of?
Rnaily you said that you couid not see why
Protext used non-standard printer drivers, it Is
essential that it does so, because Protext uses
printer fonts. The Workbench printer drivers
cannot be used for this. They quite simply do not
contain the font information.
One other small comment, if I may. You want
the cursor to move back from the start of a line
to the previous line. Personally I would consider
K to be a quirk it if did that, but we're open-
minded so we provide an option to make It work
your way. Use 'Keep cursor within text' In the
Config editing options menu.
Mark Tiliey
Amor Ltd
Mtliley@CIX.Compullnk.co.uk
I'm afraid that I'm not convinced that this is a
good enough reason. After aii, one of the things
that makes the Amiga the excellent machine it is
is the fact that there are standard ways of doing
things, such as printer drivers and fonts.
The benefit of being able to use printer fonts
should be weighed against the loss of standards
such as the printer drivers buiit into AmigaDOS.
Having a different set of drivers for each program
leads to the sort of compatibility nightmares w/hich
bedevil PC DOS programs, with a different printer
driver for each program. Is this really what we want
when the Amiga already has such an eiegant
solution to this problem?
Although talking directly to the printer does
allow you to do things which aren't possible with
the standard printer devices, it does have its
downside, particularly for people who have devices
such as the Muitiface card, which gives an extra
parallel port. Protext can't print to this device
wittiout some serious hacking of the printer device,
which is hardly an ideal solution,
I'm happy to confirm that the "keep cursor
within text" option works in the way you describe
It, although it's not immediately obvious (either
within the program or the manuals) that this is
what you need to do. Anyway, J gave Protext 93%,
what more do you want?
IMRARTIAL INFORMATION
At the time of wrKIng this letter I'm still waiting
to see the outcome of the Commodore
management buy-out. Whatever the outcome, I
have been Impressed by your honest coverage of
the whole affair. R/lany Amiga magazines have
been covering the Commodore saga poorly, to say
the least, often contradicting themselves.
Needless to say, they aren't any of Future's
magazines and Amiga Shopper definitely holds
the crown for the serious low-down on anything
Amiga. And as for Commodore, well, after
watching Chris Eubank win another lost fight last
night, I suppose anything Is possible.
Which brings me to a lost fight of my own,
modelling 3D objects. How about a new set of
tutorials, covering software such as Imagine and
Lightwave? Specifically on 3D modelling, which
is probably the hardest part of any modelling
task and working up to finished objects of
reasonable complexity. Certain tools couid also
receive some extra attention like the use of
Knots in Imagine; whenever I try and use them,
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(ORACLE@CSJNDIANA.EDU)
Time: 4:56 pm
United States Government
out before handing them in.
Subject: tell me
(preferably the Post Office, but
Save a copy of everything.
Date: 18/10/94
any agency will do.)
• Step five
• Step two
Fill out the Workers'
Why do 1 have to work for a
Work diligently for six months
Compensation Form. Threaten
living?
to build up a "good record."
to Issue a negligence law suit
Why can't t Just slouch
"ifou want everyone to say what
against them (don't worry, you
around on a beach
a good worker you were.
won't have to, all you have to
somewhere?
• Step three
do is give a threat.)
Hurt your back. It doesn't
• Step Six
Reply from the Usenet Oracle
matter whether you really hurt
That's It. You no longer have to
(oracie@cs.indlana.edu]
it, or Just fake it, as long as
work for a living. Go slouch
And in response, thus
you can foo! the doctor into
around on a beach somewhere
speak the Oracle:
believing it is hurt.
(note that slouching is bad
You can!
• Step four
for your back however). Bring a
And 1 will tell you how.
Get a good injury law suit
lap top computer with a
It's very easy.
lawyer. Fill out every form they
modem connected to a cellular
• Step one
give you very carefully and
phone so you can tell me how
Get a job working for the
have the lawyer check them
great life is.
knots Is exactly what I get.
As this is one of the things the Amiga does
best, then who better to write about It than
Amiga Shopper and, to be honest, you're getting
a bit heavy on the programming just lately.
At the moment your covering Assembler, as
well as C, Amos and AmigaDOS, which is all well
and good, but It needs to be fctalanced with
something other than programming and operating
systems. And apart from that I'm completely
stuck on making my own models.
Maybe you could get Craig Collins to share
some of his obvious talents In this area. After
getting a copy of his video I must admit I
considered giving up on my, so far, futile efforts
In creating my own words. It would be a far
better use of his knowledge than part time work
In a warehouse and would pay better as well.
Lee Bettridge
West Kingsdown, Kent
Spooklly enough, you'll see an article of the very
type you describe in this issue. We've managed to
persuade 3D graphics genius Ron Thornton (the
man behind the stunning graphics in the TV
programme Babylon 5) to spill a few of his
secrets. This new series starts on page 28.
I'm pleased that you like our coverage of the
Commodore situation. We've tried hard to find out
the truth, but this has been pretty difficult. There
have been so many rumours and blatant lies
floating around that it's been very difficult to filter
the truth from the tripe. I think we've done a good
job. Check out the latest news on page 4.
Incidentally, we also have a stonker of an
article about Commodore lined up for next issue.
We've got Dan Stets (of the Philadelphia Enquirer)
to look into the reasons why Commodore went into
licjuidation, and where various people are now.
Check it out next month.
We've certainly had plenty of positive feedback
about the programming features we've been
running, and you are the only person I've seen
who has suggested that we are doing too much.
What do the rest of you think? Letters to the usual
address please...
ADIOS AMieOS?
I think that this has to be the question that is on
every Amiga owner's lips right now. Well, I Just
had to put finger to keyboard and say what I
think Is happening to eur beloved Amiga.
I believe that the Amiga Is slowly but surety
dying due to several factors which include the
over-the-top advertisement campaign by the
consoles such as Nintendo and SEGA and to the
ever increasing PC market.
At present, I own an Amiga A1200 with a
170Mb Hard Drive which I installed myself (dead
easy!!). I aiso own a monitor and HP Deskjet plus
an external drive. Call me a diehard but I will
hopefully be the proud owner of a CD-ROM. I used
to have an Amiga A500 and before that I had a
Commodore 64. 1 believe I have been faithful and
committed to Commodore for a very, very iorig
time but where has the commitment from
Commodore been to us?
I go into town usually every weekend to
check out the latest software releases for my
trusty A1200 and I come out despairing and
down-hearted, t see empty CD32 boxes stacked
in the display windows but on enquiry all I get Is:
"Sorry, but we are out of stock of CD32s and we
have no idea of when, if ever, our next delivery
will be''.
Even If one of the shops does have a CD32 or
1200 on display, it's usually found in some dark,
gloomy corner doing absolutely nothing.
Meanwhile the PCs, NIntendos and SEGAs are
playing something with a crowd of people
pushing and shoving for a look-see at wtiat's on
the screen. This is what sells the hardware!!
So, would someone please explain why the
Amiga sits dark, lonely and silent in the corner
gathering dust??? All I can think of is "this is the
way of the Atari..."
Then we get people blaming the demise of
the Amiga on piracy. From recent reports and
news I would I say that the piracy problem Is Just
as rife In the PC/Nintendo/5EGA world as It Is in
the Amiga world. Again I read in one of the latest
Amiga mags that an address was raided by the
police In Manchester.
The police claim that they have confiscated
pirate CD copying and manufacturing equipment
worth around £500,000. Can't people realise
that piracy will never go away. Where there's
money to be made, the hackers, crackers and
pirates will be right around the corner. Only until
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Receive your due quantity of fame with a ietter
in these pages.
iHave you got the soiution to the
Commodore dtiemma? Do you need a few
minutes of fame to justify your otherwise
pointless existence? Hey, you could even get
fame and fortune, as we'ii send £25 to the best
ietter we print every month. Go on - Warhoi
wouid be proud of you.
Of course, in the true spirit of pop art, some
things are interesting, and others aren't. So,
here's a few of the things that mal<e us want to
do silk screens of famous Amiga personalities:
• Interesting and unusual uses for your Amiga
• The subscribers' disk
• The reason for human existence
• Whether David Pieasance should shave off his beard
• New software and hardware you want to see
convictions and stiff sentences are the norm will
piracy decrease for fear of being caught.
Tony Mitchell
Oeeslde, Clwyd
There are several things which aren't helping the
Amiga cause at the moment, and the main one is
the liquidation. The new owners of the Amiga have
already approached several of the major high
street stores, and I'm very hopeful that you will
soon see A1200s and CD32s on the shelves,
along with some good demos of how much iaetter
they are than your typical console toys.
Although piracy exists on the consoles (via a
hardware device which allows you to copy
cartridges). It's certainly not as widespread as it is
on the Amiga. After all. It will always be easier to
copy a disk medium than a hardware one. I'm very
much in favour of stiffer sentences for pirates and
the like, as these people are thieves. They may
claim that they are doing it because software is
too expensive or as a programming exercise, but
they are still thieves.
However, most people don't make money out
of it. IVIost do it simply because it's an accepted
part of some parts of the Amiga world to crack
and distribute pirated software. Although there
have been some recent busts of pirate BBS, there
is still an underground network of people who
think it's cool and clever to crack software. What a
launch of half-wits.
PEAIIIRE FANCY
I have an Idea for a feature which I believe would
be very useful for those Imagine users who wouid
like more speed (thanks to Amiga Format there
should be a few) and that Is to analysis the
performance of FPU with different speeds of CPU.
A test of 20/25/33/40/50 MHz of FPU on a
Standard A1200, Blizzard A120D and a 40 or 50
MHz 030. Rrst a straight test of floating point
perfonnance against FPU MHz for each CPU
speed. Which should show a ievelling of
performance much quicker.
Mr M Wyid
Spalding, Lines
The figures you are looking for were included in our
Supertest of A1200 accelerators in issue 42
(October 1994). See page 98 for details of how to
get hold of back Issues.
CHEERS, CHAPS!
Thanks for the imagine Bones tutorial, Garyl T^ls
time it seems that 42 was the answerl
Your tutorial has allowed me to get the most
out of this powerful feature, a pity that the
manual couldn't have done it. I just thouglYt I'd
send this wee card to let you and the rest of the
Ahh. tt's nice
to know that
sornaone
appreciates
you. see
'Clieere,
Chapsl'
folks at Amiga
Shopper know that you aren't taken for granted.
Jonathan McBrien
Thanks for the card and the kind thoughts,
Jonathan. It's very good to know that the hard
work we put into the magazine is appreciated, as
you sometimes get the feeling when working on a
magazine that you are shouting In a sound-proofed
room, where nobody can hear you. It's nice to
know that somebody is listening.
I have just spent four days struggling with
PageStream V3.0, which t ordered (and paid for),
at the ttegi fining of June. After 15 weeks and
several phone calls, "it's due next week", I
should tike to warn your readers do not upgrade
to V3.0.
A "Readme" flie accompanying the package,
states tiiat V3.0 is being released before it is
ready, due to customer pressure, it assures us
that a free update will be Issued In 4-6 weeks, (Is
this a record for a first upgrade to a base release
version?), then provides a long list of ail the
features which are not finished.
The list contains most of the features which
made me decide to upgrade from V2.22 e.g.
leave graphics external, send text to edHor
(Pagellner), information (details of
fonts/styies/graphics/colours used), facing
pages, document structure control etc.
In Its current state PageStream V3.0 Is
unusable. This product would not have been
released had it been developed for the IBM
platform, Amiga users should not be expected to
accept lower standards.
Comments such as "Frameiess objects will
be Implemented in the first update after release...
we recommend not attempting the tutorials until
the next version twcause frameiess text objects
are central to some of the lessons" are
unacceptable after paying £100 for software
which I can't use. You wouldn't buy a car and
expect to be told "the brakes don't work yet' but
we'll flx them In a few weeks".
I hope we will not be expected to pay for any
updates until all documented features are fully
functional. I would also suggest that some-one
proo^read the 500+ page manual, which Is
riddled with errors, some of which are very
confusing, for example: "FRAME LOCK - when
the frame lock option is off, the picture will be
scaled with the frame. When the firame lock
option Is off, you can scale the picture
Independently of its frame."
it is disappointing to see what will eventually
be a very powerful product being placed but of
reach of the average Amiga user. The minimum
hardware requirements are Amiga DOS 2.04,
2.5Mb of Hard Disk space and 3Mb of memory. In
reality an accelerated 1200/4000 with 5Mb+
memory, 12Mb Hard Disk space and a multisync
monitor Is required to allow the product to
perform at a usable speed.
Although only having a 42IVlb Hard Disk (at
present), I did a complete installation of V3.0,
having backed off PageStream V2.22 to floppies.
The Installation scripts worked perfectly, disic
space used was about 12Mb, and by hacking out
necessary flies, for example, surplus printer
drivers and Import/export modules, Parrtone
colour files (I can only print in B/W) and the
online help, this was reduced by over 3Mb. The
online help is a luxury I cannot afford as will the
spell checker dictionary should It ever appear.
Barry E Matthews
Walsall
As you'll probably already realise, if you read
my feature on Pagestream 3 last issue, I agree
with most of your points. The program is not, at
this point, usable. However, several upgrades
have appeared since then, and several of the
missing features have now been fixed, as have
some of the bugs. Unfortunately, these have only
been made available to users of CompuServe and
other on-line services, so if you don't have a
modem, you will probably stiii be stuck with a
rather dodgy program.
Soft Logik have announced that they will be
sending out an upgrade at some point in the future
to all registered users, but they still haven't,
announced when this will be. CD
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LEICS, LE2 5DH
35 Bethcar Street, Ebtw \i^le, GWENT, Nf>3 BHW
Tel: 0495 301651
Computer Supercentree
15 David Street, Cardiff. South Glam, Cfl 7DE
Tel: 0222 390286
tkimtazia Ltd
204 High Street, Dudley, West Midlands, DYl IQQ
Tel: 0384 239259
ComtadaLtti
8 Meelcheapen St, Worcester, WRl 2DH
Tel: 0905 723777
CointiciaLtd
4/6 The Arcade, Walsall, West Midlands, WSl 2RE
Tel: 0922 614346
Conitazia Ltd
171/177 High St, West Bromwich, W Midlands,
B70 7RB. Tel: 021 580 0809
ComtadB Ltd
25, Beechwood PI, 123 High St, Cheltsnhan,
GLSOlOg. Tel:03B4 26169S
Cointazbi Ltd
The Shopping Mall, Merry Hill Centre
Sriedey Hill, West Midlands, DYS ISB
Tel: 0384 261698
Fortlu Computett
138 Wood St, Earl Shitton, Leicester, Leics, LE9 -ZND
Tel: 0455 850980
' Jet Computer System!
13, The Market, Pentrebane St, Caerphilly, CFB IFU
Tel: 0222 880600
Kettering Computer Centre
15/17 Hl^ Street, Kettenng, Northants, NN16 8ST
Tel: 0536 410070
Screen Scene
144 St Secrges RdCheltenham, Gloucs, GL50 BEL
Tel: 0242 528979
Soft Centre
Cambrian Retail Centre, Newport, GWEHT
Tel: 0633 222481
Soft Centre
30 The Parade, Cwmbran. GWEMT
Tel: 0633 868131
SoftCemtie
20 The Market Place, Blackwood, GWEhJT
Tel; 0495 229934
Son4y
5 Deer Walk. Cent Milton i(eynes, Bucks, MK9 3^
Tel; 0908 670620
T.MJ. Computer Software
39a Station Rd, Desborough, Northants, NN14 2RL
Tel; 0536 762713
Computer Mali
Unit 16 Downstairs, Harpur Centre, Bedford, MK40 IF
Tel; 0234 218228
Get Real
31 High Street, Wootton Bassett, Witts, SN4 7AF
Tel; 0793 848428
HtSoftee
39, Pembroke Cent, Swindon, SN2 2PQ
Tel; 0793 431193
AIS Business Systems
9 St Martin's Cres, Scawby, Brigg, S Humbers, 0N20
9BQ
Tel; 0652 651712
BDB Corporate Computers
BDB Cent, 94 Defby Rd, Farnwonfi, WIdnes. WA8 9LQ
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SWMDON TBU 0793 514746
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Tel: 051 495 1977
Bolton Computer Centre
148/150 Chwley Old Rd, Bolton, LAWS, BLO SAT
Tel: 0204 31058
Chips Computers
6 Newport Rd, Mkldlesbotough, Cleveland, TSl 3LE
Te!; 0642 252509
Chips Computers
Clafks Yant, Dariington , Co Durham, D(J 75H
Chips Computers
Slivert^Mrt Cent, Silver St, Stockton, Cleveland,
TS181SX
Chip; Computers
7 Dundas Street, Redcar, Cleveland, TSIO 3AD
Computatlll Ltd
77/79 Oiadderton Way, OWham, C19 6DH
Computer & Games Centre
33/34 St Nicholas Cliff, Scarboraugh, N Votks,
YOli 2ES
Computef Mania
The Bakxiily, Maiket Kail, Derby, DEI 2DP
Tel: 0332 292923
Computer Store
2ia Piinbng Offtee Street, Doncastet, DfJl ITP
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
40 Trinity Street Arcade, Leecfs, LSI 6QN
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
13 Wesbtweland Street, Wakefield, WFl IPN
Tel: 0302 890000
Computet Store
14 St Sampsons Square, York, YOl 2flft
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
4 Market Place, Huddersfield, HDl 2AN
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
34/36 Ivegate, Bradford, BDl ISW Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
44 Market Street, Bamstey, S70 ISN
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
5 Cole Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6RA
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
54 East Mall, Four Seasons Centre, Mansfiehj,
NG18 ISK
Tel: 0302 890000
Computer Store
10 Square, The Woolsht^, Halifax, HXl IRU
Tel: 0302 890000
Computef Store (HO)
Units 13-15, Guildhall Industrial Estate
Kirk Sandall, Doncaster, South Yorits, DN3 IQR
Tel: 0302 890000
The Exchange
14 Church Road, Ltmston, Mandiester, M41 IBV
Tel: 061 747 4069
Format
Rink Shopping Centre, Swadlincote, Deibys, DEll 8JL
Tel: 0283 219224
Grantham Computer Centre
4 Kings Vk, Guildhall St, Gramiam, Uncs, NG31 6NL
Tel; 0476 76994
Humberstone Computer Centra
49 Fleldhouse Rd, Humberton, Grimsby, DN36 4UJ
Tel; 0472 210601
Just Micro
22 Carver Street, Sheffield, South Yhtka, SI 4FS
Tel; 0742 752732
Lanway Cotp Business Systems Ltd
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31-39 Manchestet Rd, Burnley, Lanes, BBll IHG
Tel: 0282 3110S
Long Eaton Sofh^are Centre
Commerce Hse, West Gate, Long Eaton
Notts, NGIO IRG
Tel: 0602 728555/46
IflCB Computing Group
24 Mill Lane, Buddey, Chwyd, CH7 3HB
Tel: 0244 544063
MS Computers Ltd
340 Haydock Lne, Haydock. St Helens, Lanes,
WAll 9jy
Tel; 0942 719122
Mansfield Computers & Electric
33 Albert Street, Mansfield, Notts, NGIO lEQ
Tel; 0623 631202
Noith Notts Computer Centte
23 Outran St, Sutton In Ashfield, Notts, NG17 4BA
Tel: 0623 556686
Postbyte Computers
1-4 Great Northern House
Great Northern Ter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8HN
Tel: 0522 525321
Pudsey Computer Shop
161 RIchardshaw Lane, Pudsey, Leeds, W Wis,
LS28 6AA
Tel: 0532 360650
S.I3,M. ElecttEinlc9
54 Wigan Lane, WIgai, Greater Manchester, WNi IXS
Tei: 0942 321435
Sapphire Software
81 Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, LL29 7SA
Tel: 0492 534831
Software Superstores Ltd
11 Man<et Square Arc, Hanley, Stoke On Trent,
STllPO
Tel: 0782 268620
Software Superstofes Ltd
6 Mealhouse Brow, Stockptvt, Greater Man. SKI UP
Tel: 061 430 2693
Software Superstores Ltd
BDB Corporate Computers
ioftware consumab)@^
:yM accessories auailabi
)4 i'^erby Road, Famworili
Widnes WAS 9LQ
T^^ Oil ^■}') 1977
27 Baldwin St, St Helens, Merseyside, WAIO 2RS
Tel: 0744 27941
Software Superstores Ltd
The Courtyard, 6 Horsemartiet St, Warrington, WAl IXL
Tel; 0925 232047
Software Superstores Ltd
Unit 50 Golbcme G^lery, The Galleries
Wigan, Greater Mancfester, WNl lAU
Tel: 0942 826956
Softwate Supetstoras Ltd (HO)
JnitTa OWham St, Hanley, Stoke On Trent, STl 3EY
Tel: 0782 202250
TEC-NOL Ltd
249 New Rd Side, Horsfbrth, Leeds, Yod<s, LS18 4DR
Tel: 0532 590020
Tim's Megastore
29/31 Sunderland St, Macclesfield. Ches, Siai 6JL
Tel: 0625 434118
Toraonow's World
27/33 Paiagon Street, Hull, Humbetslde, HUl SNA
Tel: 0482 24887
VUDATA
44 St Petersgate, Stockport, Gr<satet Man, SKI 2HL
Tel: 061 477 6739
TODATA
203 St^ord St, Ashton-Jnder-Lyne, Lanes, 0L6 7QB
Tel: 061 339 0^26
KOIUUB
BIti and Bytes
21b Commerciai Street, Dundee, Tayside, DDl 3DD
Tel; 0382 22052
Computet Depot
205 Buchanan St, Gl3sgow,Gl 2IZ
The Games Gallefy
35 Barclay St. Stonehaven, Klncanllneshlre, AB3 2AX
Tel; 0569 764051
Moray Business and Computer Centre
20 Commerce Street, BIglnm, Moray, IV30 IBS
■ Tel; 0343 552000
Holhum Softwate
111 Holbum Street,Aberdeen,ABl 6BQ
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